RE: The essential crime is that DJT’s accountant selected “Legal Expense” from the Quicken dropdown list, instead of “Personal Expense”,
So, a wrong entry in the drop down menu caused the entire $10 million case and a right entry would not have.
Maybe Legal Expense could have been considered a tax deductible expense while a Personal Expense is not.
So, essentially, it boils down to a non-payment of a tax, right? Is that a felony? Or a misdemeanor?
Why can’t they just fine the Trump Organization for this and move on?
I was being facetious. It is all a made up banana republic charge. DJT’s NDA is legal. There were no tax consequences to his choice either way. NY said he should have booked it as a campaign expense. At most, this was a misdemeanor accounting error, on which the statute of limitations had run.
Alvin Bragg conflated it to a felony by saying this accounting issue was done the process of another crime. Bragg never identified what that crime might have been. Merchan never required him to identify the crime. That alone is a 6th amendment violation.
Side note is that John Edwards paid a NDA to his baby momma/videographer. He booked it as a campaign expense. Feds charged him with a similar crime, saying it should have been booked as a legal expense. Jury nullification, with hung jury.