The historic indictment and related court documents against former President Donald Trump have been unsealed.
The criminal charges stem from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into hush money payments, made during the 2016 presidential campaign, to women who claimed they had extramarital affairs with Trump, which he denies.
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,” according to the charging documents.
Each criminal charge Trump is facing relates to a specific entry among the business records of the Trump Organization.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Here’s a running breakdown of the charges and evidence presented against Trump in the indictment and court documents:
Bragg is not charging Trump with a violation of election law or a conspiracy related to that alleged campaign-related conduct. However, falsifying business records – the charge Trump faces 34 counts of – is only a felony if the records were falsified with the intent to commit or conceal another crime.
The indictment says for all 34 counts that Trump had the “intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof.”
Bragg alleged in his press conference Tuesday that the business records were falsified in 2017 with the intent of concealing criminal conduct connected to the 2016 campaign. He referenced a New York state law that makes it a crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by unlawful means.
The statement of facts cautions in a footnote that it “does not contain all facts relevant to the charged conduct.”
According to the charging documents, the editor-in-chief and…
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