The office of the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, said the committee chairmen’s attempts to intervene in the investigation were “unlawful.”

Yahoo News spoke with several current and former prosecutors to help break down the strengths and weaknesses of the potential case being brought by the Manhattan district attorney.

The panel that has been investigating the case involving the former president typically meets on a different matter on Thursdays and does not convene on Fridays.

Former President Donald Trump appeared unlikely to face criminal charges on Wednesday after a law enforcement source said a grand jury investigating alleged illegal hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels would not meet again before Thursday.

The Trump grand jury will not hear the "hush money" case for the rest of this week. Grand jurors will return Thursday on a different matter.