曼哈顿大陪审团调查前总统唐纳德·特朗普的一笔付款知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯将于周一听取另一名证人的证词，他是特朗普的律师和长期盟友鲍勃·科斯特洛。
科斯特洛一度代表川普的前经纪人兼律师迈克尔·科恩，谁是地方检察官办公室的关键证人因为科恩在2016年大选前给丹尼尔斯开了13万美元的支票。
纽约的检察官正在调查特朗普是否伪造了商业记录与那笔钱有关知情人士此前告诉美国广播公司新闻，这据称是为了阻止丹尼尔斯谈论长期否认的事情。
地方检察官办公室本月早些时候告知特朗普他有权在调查中向大陪审团作证，这可能是检察官向指控决定迈进的一个信号。
在纽约，根据法律，潜在的调查对象有机会出现在大陪审团面前听取证据。
特朗普“没有计划”参与大陪审团调查，他的律师乔·塔科皮纳(Joe Tacopina)告诉乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯上周在美国广播公司的“早安美国”节目中。
然而，消息人士周日表示，特朗普的法律团队确实申请让科斯特洛在大陪审团面前作证。
特朗普已经转向科恩，并将其视为“欺诈者”，他周日表示，他被要求在周一成为反驳证人。
在接受美国广播公司采访时，科斯特洛拒绝置评。曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格的发言人也拒绝置评。科斯特洛即将出庭的消息最先被报道由纽约时报。
法宝已经承认付钱给丹尼尔斯塔科皮纳称这类似于敲诈勒索，但特朗普表示他没有做错任何事，并认为地区检察官的工作有偏见。
周六在社交媒体上，他声称自己将于周二被捕并呼吁抗议“把我们的国家带回去。”
一位发言人随后回应说，没有任何通知表明布拉格“已经决定将他的政治迫害升级。”
在一封发给员工的电子邮件中，布拉格写道，“我们不容忍恐吓我们办公室或威胁纽约法治的企图。”
特朗普的社交媒体帖子被包括前众议院议长南希·佩洛西在内的民主党人指责为“鲁莽”。马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦，出现在ABC的《本周》节目中。说，“没有人可以凌驾于法律之上。”
在…里单独坐下来在《本周》中，前副总统迈克·彭斯谈到川普可能被捕时说:“这感觉就像是一场充满政治色彩的起诉。”
NY grand jury investigating Trump will hear from attorney Bob Costello, at Trump's behest: Sources
The Manhattan grand juryinvestigating former President Donald Trump over a paymentto adult film actress Stormy Daniels will hear from an additional witness on Monday, attorney and longtime Trump ally Bob Costello, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Costello at one point represented Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer and attorney,who is a key witness for the district attorney’s officesince Cohen wrote the $130,000 check to Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
Prosecutors in New York are looking into whether Trump falsified business recordsin connection with that money, which was allegedly to keep Daniels from talking about a long-denied affair, sources familiar with the matter previously told ABC News.
The district attorney's officeinformed Trump earlier this monthof his right to testify before a grand jury in the probe, a possible signal that prosecutors are moving toward a charging decision.
In New York, potential targets of investigations are, by law, given the chance to appear before the grand jury hearing evidence.
Trump has "no plans" to participate in the grand jury investigation, his attorney Joe Tacopinatold George Stephanopouloson ABC's "Good Morning America" last week.
However, the Trump legal team did petition to have Costello testify before the grand jury, sources said Sunday.
Cohen, whom Trump has turned on and dismissed as a "fraudster," said Sunday he was asked to make himself available Monday as a rebuttal witness.
Reached by ABC News, Costello declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg also declined to comment. News of Costello's pending appearance was first reportedby The New York Times.
Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before his speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Mar. 4, 2023, in National Harbor, Md.
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Trumphas acknowledged paying Daniels, which Tacopina described as akin to an extortion payment, but Trump has said he did nothing wrong and cast the district attorney's work as biased.
On social media on Saturday,he claimed he would be arrested on Tuesdayand called for protests to "TAKE OUR NATION BACK."
A spokesperson subsequently walked some of that back and said there had been no notification that Bragg "has decided to take his Witch-Hunt to the next level."
In an email to staff, reviewed by ABC News, Bragg wrote that "we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York."
Trump's social media post was denounced as "reckless" by Democrats including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren,appearing on ABC's "This Week,"said, "No one is above the law."
Ina separate sit-downfor "This Week," former Vice President Mike Pence said of Trump's potential arrest: "It just feels like a politically charged prosecution."
