[tinamina]

I think some people are arguing that they’re trying to make it a federal crime, but tried in New York State court. The federal crime is election interference or something.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: The federal crime is election interference or something.

The FEC knew about it but refused to bother to prosecute.

[hanamizu]

I think some people are arguing that they’re trying to make it a federal crime...”

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The NYC prosecutor couldn’t charge Trump for the misdemeanor crimes of bad bookkeeping, which were misdemeanors because the statute of limitation had expired, so he elevated the charges up to felonies on the theory that Trump’s actions were to hide involvement in another crime, a crime involving election law that Federal prosecutors declined to charge him with.