The problem with this whole case is they haven’t presented any evidence a crime was committed. Frankly, the prosecution witnesses so far have offered testimony that conflicts with the state’s narrative.
“they haven’t presented any evidence a crime was committed.”
The State haven’t even revealed what comprises the felony violation required to extend the statute of limitations on the misdemeanors they haven’t proved.
The State is betting everything on Michael Cohen, convicted perjurer and fraud.
He has no way of knowing anything about how Trump’s controller booked the NDA expenses. The payments to Cohen for the NDAs were in fact “legal expenses”. If Trump puts up a defense, he should call 2-3 accounting experts to testify 1) that booking them as legal expenses was acceptable practice, and 2) that any related public filing or disclosure was not due until well into 2017. Thus Trump had no motive to use how the expense was characterized in the books and records to influence the Oct 2016 election. That kills ALL the misdemeanor charges.