Manhattan DA's office receives mysterious powder-lined envelope ahead of possible Trump arrest

The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg received a suspicious package including white powder, authorities have confirmed.

The United States Postal Service delivered the envelopment on Friday, Fox News reported. Included within was a note that read "Alvin - I'll kill you." Authorities have since determined that the envelope's contents were "non-hazardous."

The development comes as Bragg continues to pursue an investigation into former President Donald Trump over a $130,000 payment made in 2016 to Stormy Daniels. One potential charge involves the idea that the Trump improperly recorded a payment he made to his then-personal attorney, Michael Cohen, as legal fees and that such a campaign may have been an illegal campaign contribution. Legal experts has dismissed the case as weak.

The DA has not yet brought charges against Trump, with some reports suggested that he is struggling to convince the grand jury to approve charges, per Fox. Others have suggested he is facing mounting internal dissent within his own office over pursuing the case.

Trump himself announced Saturday that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday, citing leaks from the DA's office.

"Now illegal leaks from a corrupt & highly political Manhattan district attorneys office, which has allowed new records to be set in violent crime & whose leader is funded by George Soros, indicate that, with no crime being able to be proven, & based on an old & fully debunked (by numerous other prosecutors!) fairytale, the far & away leading Republican candidate & former president of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Protest, take our nation back!"

News of the package comes as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has warned that Trump's inflammatory rhetoric surrounding the case might lead to violence.

"The twice-impeached former president’s rhetoric is reckless, reprehensible and irresponsible. It’s dangerous, and if he keeps it up, he’s going to get someone killed," he said this week. "We’ve already seen the consequences of incitement from the former president. He is principally responsible for inciting the violent insurrection that happened on Jan. 6. But clearly he has not learned his lesson."

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.