“The specific federal law Trump violated.”
Not a federal case. State law 175.10 stated in first paragraph and in each count.
https://twitter.com/techno_fog/status/1643347714971783170?s=61&t=BspBEkX2hzhEXXxbQreKxg
Techno_Fog is one of the most respected lawyers on Twitter. Bragg is linking the charges to federal election law without citing the law.
Another voice: Former Assistant U.S. Attorney @AndrewCMcCarthy: “If the judge does his job right here, the case should be dismissed...I would dismiss it on its face because it fails to state a crime. Here, it fails to state a crime 34 times!”
Bragg is relying on a novel legal theory that the supposed violation of a federal campaign finance law is sufficient to raise NY 175.10 from a misdemeanor whose statute of limitations has expired to a felony where he can argue that the statute of limitations has not expired.
Bragg's case also requires one to believe that payments to Cohen far in excess of the amount Cohen paid to Daniels are somehow payments for that purpose. According to Bragg Trump's organization paid Cohen $450,000 over 12 months and accounted for it as a legal expense base on it being a monthly retainer for Cohen.
Strangely, Bragg claims that recording the payments as what they were is a "false" business record since some of the money was actually used by Cohen to repay the loan he took out personally to settle with Daniels.
By Bragg's logic if you pay your lawyer and characterize the checks as legal payments, but the lawyer takes the money and buys a new boat you are violating New York law because you made "false" business records.
This is one of the most ridiculous cases I have seen.
We are seeing another example of Trump Derangement Syndrome being played out by liberal Democrats.
Yes but for it to be a felony and have a statute of limitations longer than 2 years the records falsification has to be to hide another crime. That crime is not specified.