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To: cdnerds
If all 12 find guilt in any of the 34 charges, he is guilty of the felony.

I don't think that's true.

The jury might find Trump guilty of falsifying business records, but that it was not in furtherance of another crime.

That's the "other reasonable explanation" argument according to the FEC. If the jury believes that the legal expenses to Cohen were really campaign expenses, but they also believe that he would have paid for them even if he weren't running for President (i.e., to protect the Trump brand or to hide it from his wife), then the "furtherance of another crime" fails, according to the FEC.

If the "furtherance of another crime" fails, then the 34 charges must be dismissed as misdemeanors that are past their statute of limitations.

-PJ

276 posted on 05/30/2024 11:57:27 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

Buck Sexton and Clay Travis said these are 34 charges for the same alleged crime. It’s like some guy smoking weed, takes 20 drags, and gets charged 20 times for smoking weed.


281 posted on 05/30/2024 12:05:01 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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