Rucker was immediately placed in custody and charges are pending, according to officials.
“The court officers were standing on the corner and within 20 seconds, they were here and she had dropped the knife,” said an eyewitness to Politico.
“The woman yelled, ‘Knife, knife’ and the court officers were on the Trump-supporter like Voltron.”
Protests Continue After Manhattan DA Looks Into Indicting Trump
Protests have been ongoing since it was revealed earlier this month that Bragg has a grand jury examining Trump’s role in an alleged 2016 hush money payment to adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels involving Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen.
Protest activity has so far been largely muted, with no sign that Bragg or the grand jury will indict Trump anytime soon.
The grand jury was let off for a month holiday after two weeks of speculation over whether the 45th President would be charged with a crime.
The hiatus is scheduled, as the grand jury only hears evidence on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Meanwhile, Politico reported that the group had heard testimony on March 27 and is set to examine evidence in a separate matter on March 30.
Most of the pro-Trump protestors outside the courthouse in Downtown Manhattan have been far outnumbered by the left-wing activists calling for Bragg to indict Trump.
The former Trump attorney Cohen has told prosecutors that he personally handed $130,000 to the former adult film star to earn her silence.
Bragg is reportedly seeking an indictment against Trump based on the allegation that he falsified business records, by writing off the Daniels payment as legal fees to Cohen.
Cohen’s former attorney, Robert Costello, recently went before the grand jury and disclosed information that described the opposite of what Cohen was claiming, and made note that his former client was a convicted perjurer.
Trump has denied wrongdoing in regards to the payments made to Daniels and has repeatedly claimed that the payments were “not a campaign violation,” but only a “simple private transaction.”
