A swamp creature pipes up to try to grab some tv time and a little cash.
Yeah, it may be overturned, after Trump has spent time in jail, and had much damage done to his campaign.
For me, an Attorney of 28 years, this is why the convictions cannot withstand appellate scrutiny.
Go to pages 34 and 35 of the jury instructions which show what the jury was specifically asked by the judge to find in order to find Trump Guilty. Focus on element 2.
“COUNT-SPECIFIC
In order for you to find the defendant guilty of the crime of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree under Count 1 of the Indictment, the People are required to prove, from all of the evidence in the case, beyond a reasonable doubt, each of the following two elements:
1. That on or about February 14, 2017, in the county of New York and elsewhere, the defendant, personally, or by acting in concert with another person or persons, made or caused a false entry in the business records of an enterprise, specifically, an invoice from Michael Cohen dated February 14, 2017, marked as a record of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, and kept or maintained by the Trump Organization; and
2. That the defendant did so with intent to defraud that included an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.
If you find the People have proven beyond a reasonable doubt each of those two elements, you must find the defendant guilty of this crime.”
I ask, what crime, or which crimes did/could the jury have referred to when establishing element 2?
I’ve read the instructions from beginning to end, and the answer is,