NY prosecutors’ statement of facts detailing case against Trump

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1. The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New
York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the
voting public during the 2016 presidential election.

2. From August 2015 to December 2017, the Defendant orchestrated a scheme with
others to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative
information about him to suppress its publication and benefit the Defendant’s electoral prospects.
In order to execute the unlawful scheme, the participants violated election laws and made and
caused false entries in the business records of various entities in New York. The participants
also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments made in
furtherance of the scheme.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/docu...b75d-d77bca6d10f3.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_1
 
I. The Catch and Kill Scheme to Suppress Negative Information
7. During and in furtherance of his candidacy for President, the Defendant and
others agreed to identify and suppress negative stories about him. Two parties to this agreement
have admitted to committing illegal conduct in connection with the scheme. In August 2018,
Lawyer A pleaded guilty to two federal crimes involving illegal campaign contributions, and
subsequently served time in prison. In addition, in August 2018, American Media, Inc. (“AMI”),
a media company that owned and published magazines and supermarket tabloids including the
National Enquirer, admitted in a non-prosecution agreement that it made a payment to a source
of a story to ensure that the source “did not publicize damaging allegations” about the Defendant
“before the 2016 presidential election and thereby influence that election.”
 
B. Suppressing the Doorman’s Story
10. A few months later, in or about October or November 2015, the AMI CEO
learned that a former Trump Tower doorman (the “Doorman”) was trying to sell information
regarding a child that the Defendant had allegedly fathered out of wedlock. At the AMI CEO’s
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direction, AMI negotiated and signed an agreement to pay the Doorman $30,000 to acquire
exclusive rights to the story. AMI falsely characterized this payment in AMI’s books and
records, including in its general ledger. AMI purchased the information from the Doorman
without fully investigating his claims, but the AMI CEO directed that the deal take place because
of his agreement with the Defendant and Lawyer A.
 
29. Lawyer A submitted ten similar monthly invoices by email to the Trump
Organization for the remaining months in 2017. Each invoice falsely stated that it was being
submitted “[p]ursuant to the retainer agreement,” and falsely requested “payment for services
rendered” for a month of 2017. In fact, there was no such retainer agreement and Lawyer A was
not being paid for services rendered in any month of 2017
 
BidenPresident said:
1. The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New
York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the
voting public during the 2016 presidential election.

2. From August 2015 to December 2017, the Defendant orchestrated a scheme with
others to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative
information about him to suppress its publication and benefit the Defendant’s electoral prospects.
In order to execute the unlawful scheme, the participants violated election laws and made and
caused false entries in the business records of various entities in New York. The participants
also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments made in
furtherance of the scheme.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/docu...b75d-d77bca6d10f3.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_1
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And what is the underlying crime ? Where is the "CRIMINAL CONDUCT" THAT THEY CANNOT NAME?

2. IS NOT A CRIME ANYWHERE.

The RUSSIA LIES, WERE A CRIME.
 
BidenPresident said:
29. Lawyer A submitted ten similar monthly invoices by email to the Trump
Organization for the remaining months in 2017. Each invoice falsely stated that it was being
submitted “[p]ursuant to the retainer agreement,” and falsely requested “payment for services
rendered” for a month of 2017. In fact, there was no such retainer agreement and Lawyer A was
not being paid for services rendered in any month of 2017
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Trump paying his longtime attorney is not "legal expenses" in NYC?

The NON-CASE gets more ridiculous , everytime you read it.
 
Justin Amash
@justinamash

After reading DA Bragg’s indictment of Trump and accompanying statement of facts, I’m stunned any prosecutor would move forward with this. It’s even flimsier than we were led to believe. Thirty-four stacked counts, bootstrapped to an unstated crime, to manufacture felony charges.
 
BidenPresident said:
1. The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New
York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the
voting public during the 2016 presidential election.

2. From August 2015 to December 2017, the Defendant orchestrated a scheme with
others to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative
information about him to suppress its publication and benefit the Defendant’s electoral prospects.
In order to execute the unlawful scheme, the participants violated election laws and made and
caused false entries in the business records of various entities in New York. The participants
also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments made in
furtherance of the scheme.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/docu...b75d-d77bca6d10f3.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_1
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Did it start or end?
 
The grand jury elevated the charges to a felony based on the illegality of the paymen

“The first is New York state election law, which makes it a crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means,” he said. “I further indicated a number of unlawful means, including additional false statements, including statements that were planned to be made to tax authorities. I also noted the federal election-law cap on contribution limits.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/04/trump-arraignment-takeaways/
 
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