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To: Mr Rogers; SeekAndFind
He was convicted of a misdemeanor of false accounting.

No, each charge he was convicted of was a felony. He was not charged with any misdemeanors.

Since Trump had not been convicted of a criminal act, the jury had to find him guilty of one.

They didn't convict him of any other crime. All 34 counts were "Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree". The jury had to consider in their deliberations:

1) "Did Trump falsify a business record?" and

2) "Did Trump have intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof?".

Any juror who found that Trump didn't have intent to commit another crime would have to find him "Not Guilty". There was no option to find him guilty of a misdemeanor.

102 posted on 05/31/2024 10:40:01 AM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: ETCM

They were misdemeanors - UNLESS used in conjunction with another crime. It took another crime to raise it to a felony. That other crime? They had a choice of three.

If he wasn’t guilty of one of the other three, then he could NOT have been found guilty. They did not formally CHARGE him with the other crimes, but they could not find him guilty UNLESS he was ALSO guilty of them.


133 posted on 05/31/2024 5:11:24 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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