NEW: The grand jury considering possible criminal charges against former President Trump related to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels is not expected to be asked to vote on an indictment this week, sources say. https://t.co/PGXiHlY1xM

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The New York grand jury considering possible criminal charges against former President Donald Trump related to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election is not expected to be asked to vote on an indictment this week, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

The grand jury is not expected to meet on Wednesday, the source said, the next day the panel was regularly scheduled to convene.

[So much for the frog-march. I still wonder whether the appearance of David Pecker yesterday at the grand jury is a signal that Alvin Bragg might have shifted his focus from the payoff to Stormy Daniels to Pecker’s efforts to quash the Karen McDougal story. That has the same legal issues as the Daniels payoff, but would at least alleviate the need to use Michael Cohen as a witness. — Ed]