Donald Trump has also suggested in a separate post that there could be 'years of hatred, chaos, and turmoil' if he is arrested                                                                  Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters                                        

                                                                 Donald Trump has warned of “potential death and destruction” if he is charged by New York prosecutors in a hush-money case.The post on Truth Social shortly after midnight on Friday was the former president’s most explicit allusion yet to violence that could follow an indictment stemming from an investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whom Mr Trump called a “degenerate psychopath”.Mr Trump suggested in a separate post that there could be "years of hatred, chaos, and turmoil" if he is arrested as part of an investigation into alleged payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the lead up to the 2016 election.A grand jury in New York is expected to reconvene next week to decide whether to bring an indictment. Mr Trump had called for supporters to take to the streets in protest nearly a week ago, although few have heeded his call.Distrustful that protests might be “traps” set by officials after the wave of arrests following the January 6, 2021 riots on the US Capitol, and without a fixed date or event to rally around, the vast majority of pro-Trump groups seemed to be wavering online between apathy and confusion.  

Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels pictured at the golf event where they met at Edgewod Tahoe Golf Course                                                      

                                 Democrat Mr Bragg previously emailed his employees to state that authorities will not "tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York" following Mr Trump's protest call.On Thursday, the district attorney urged Republicans rallying behind Mr Trump to let his office carry out its work.