The $250 million fraud case against former President Trump, his children and the Trump Organization was delayed on Tuesday, March 21, after the New York City courthouse received a bomb threat just before the trial was set to begin.

A bomb squad was called to the 60 Center Street courthouse, and did a sweep of the entire building searching for a bomb after the bomb threats were called in. According to court officials, the threats were also made at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office at One Hogan Place and other locations.

No threats were found.

Once the hearing began, after a 30-minute delay, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron said that, as if the case wasn’t exciting enough on its own, there was a bomb threat that morning, but that everyone was ready for the hearing to begin.

The bomb threats come amid rising anticipation that 76-year-old Trump will be arrested on criminal charges by a New York Grand Jury that has been hearing evidence from prosecutors about an alleged payment the former president made in 2016 to former porn film star Stormy Daniels as hush money for an affair they had years before.

The $250 million fraud lawsuit against Trump, the Trump Organization, and Trump’s three children was filed by Manhattan Attorney General Letitia James and is separate from the hush money grand jury case.

Trump’s lawyers made numerous attempts to postpone the hearing date to get more time to prepare for the case, but the judge has stood his ground, insisting that the hearing would begin at the scheduled time.

At the end of the hearing, Judge Engoron told the court that he did not want to hear any more requests for postponement, adding that the date was “written in stone.”

The Attorney General’s office filed the suit in September last year, alleging that Trump had faked his assets and exaggerated his financial statements to get better loans and insurance terms.

Judge Engoron called the case complex but not complicated, adding that the case rests on whether the financial statements were true or false.

Trump’s legal team asked for an extension, claiming they were overwhelmed with the documents, which would need over 11,000 hours to go through.