Manhattan D.A. says his office will not tolerate threats to the rule of law after Trump calls on supporters to protest

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent an email to his unit Saturday assuring them that their information is "top priority" aft erstwhile President Donald Trump called connected his supporters to protest implicit his supposedly imminent indictment.

"We bash not tolerate attempts to intimidate our bureau oregon endanger the regularisation of instrumentality successful New York," Bragg said successful the memo, which was obtained by NBC News from a elder authoritative astatine the Manhattan DA's office.

Bragg's bureau has been investigating Trump's transportation with a hush-money outgo made to porn prima Stormy Daniels during his archetypal tally for president successful 2016. In a societal media station connected Saturday, Trump said that helium expects to beryllium arrested Tuesday, citing leaks from the "corrupt" DA's office. He urged his supporters to protestation connected his behalf.

"THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK," Trump wrote connected his societal media tract Truth Social aboriginal Saturday morning. "PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!"

A expansive jury has been proceeding grounds related to the 2016 payoff astatine the state Criminal Court in little Manhattan, but nary nationalist announcements person been made astir erstwhile oregon if Trump volition beryllium indicted. Law enforcement agencies crossed New York person been making information arrangements in the lawsuit that the erstwhile president is criminally charged.

Bragg's email did not notation Trump oregon his comments directly, but helium reassured staffers that helium is "committed to maintaining a harmless enactment environment." The email was archetypal reported by Politico. Bragg said his bureau volition proceed to coordinate with officials astatine the New York Police Department and the Office of Court Administration.

"Our instrumentality enforcement partners volition guarantee that immoderate circumstantial oregon credible threats against the bureau volition beryllium afloat investigated and that the due safeguards are successful spot truthful each 1,600 of america person a unafraid enactment environment," Bragg wrote.