Rick Hasen: “New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg has charged Trump with falsifying business records through reimbursement payments to Cohen over a nondisclosure payment to Daniels. Such falsifications are misdemeanors.”
“In order to turn them into felonies under New York law, Trump has to have been found to have committed this offense in order to conceal or in furtherance of “other crime.” So in addition to proving the intent to commit false business records, the DA also will have to prove intent to commit—or concealment of—another crime. The indictment itself does not mention what the other crimes are.”
Ian Millhiser: The dubious legal theory at the heart of the Trump indictment, explained.
