The indictment does not indicate exactly how Bragg plans to connect these dots.
against Donald Trump was finally unsealed in Justice Juan Merchan’s Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday, with the former president present to deliver his plea of “not guilty.” It charges Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, a felony under New York law. A
released by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg confirms that every charge arises from Trump’s participation in a scheme to pay off porn actor Stormy Daniels so she would not reveal their affair shortly before the 2016 election.Falsifying business records “with intent to defraud,” by itself, is a mere misdemeanor under New York law.
for felony charges. That’s why the timing of the payoff is so crucial: Bragg argues that the scheme “violated election laws,” which transforms the charge into a Class E felony.The statement of facts released on Tuesday seems designed to validate this narrative, depicting the alleged misconduct as election-related offenses above all else.
to the Justice Department in 2018 that it participated in the scheme to ensure that Daniels “did not publicize damaging allegations” about Trump “before the 2016 presidential election and thereby influence that election.”
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