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Former President Donald Trump’s decision to forgo testifying before a New York grand jury likely wasn’t a tough call, but the timing indicates an indictment could be just weeks away, maybe even days, according to former prosecutors.
“It tells me they’re at the one yard line. It’s one of the last things you do, after all the evidence has gone in,” said Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who served as the chief assistant to Cyrus Vance Jr., the previous district attorney who started the investigation.
“I wouldn’t want to give too much notice. I wouldn’t want him to intimidate my witnesses… and he’s such a bully. He engages in bullying and witness tampering,” she said.