The statement of facts filed with former President Trump’s indictment alleges that Trump falsified check registers and ledger entries to make it appear that the payments, totaling $280,000 to silence 2, were lawyer’s “fees”.
Nelson Rodríguez Valera, a criminal attorney, says, “To carry out this illegal scheme, the participants are violating election laws and making false entries in the business records of various New York entities, which are Trump entities.”
This criminal lawyer explains to us that it would be a misdemeanor.
“What makes it a crime is that you did it illegally, falsified those documents, and then covered up the real purpose of doing that, which is to improperly influence the campaign.”
For this, it is necessary to demonstrate the intention and the testimony of the lawyer, former partner of Trump, is essential.
“The only way for the prosecutor to demonstrate the President’s intent is to believe Cohen, where his credibility is not credibility that you can really say, I trust what this gentleman is telling me because he has other reasons to do so.”
Trump lawyers say case won’t go to trial
“He must now receive all the evidence that the government sends, when he receives all the evidence and concludes his own investigations based on this evidence, he then has various legal remedies, including motions to dismiss the case . The process is attacked, the case in a legal manner, presenting a motion to dismiss the case based on the fact that the statute of limitations within which the case must be presented has passed, the legitimacy of the theory of case that is presented can also be fought by presenting the prosecutor.
As he faces the legal battle, Trump has apparent political momentum.
Mike Hernandez, political analyst for Telemundo 51, said: “He’s raised a lot of money, almost $10 million since this case was filed in New York, but long term you have to see how this case plays out. “Legal. In the case of Governor DeSantis, if he sees that the internal polls continue to favor Trump, he will launch officially or not.”
The prosecution now has 35 days to hand over all evidence and the defense team has 45 days to attempt to dismiss the case.