” That said, I’d be hard-pressed to declare that Trump signing checks and overseeing the booking of transaction within The Trump Organization is not a personal act. If Trump signed bogus checks in the name of the Trump Organization while President, that should clearly NOT be covered under Presidential immunity, and it would likely open him up to emoluments scrutiny, too.”
The charges were “made or caused to be made”. I have never seen who signed the checks. Jr and Trump’s lawyer were the trustees for the revocable trust but they could have assigned a lower person check signing authority.
Regarding the case in New York City, I don't put much stock in what anybody claims to know about the facts because President Trump was denied his fifth and sixth amendment rights to a fair trial. Bragg was allowed to float unproven accusations as true and was allowed to argue crimes that were not appropriate to his jurisdiction. Trump was not allowed to put on his defense because he was not told the specific charges that would be brought to the jury and he was not allowed to put on witnesses favorable to him.
Therefore, to me, anything that we "know" from the trial is one-sided and prejudicial against Trump. That's why I think SCOTUS needs to hear the case directly in original jurisdiction.
-PJ