Yes

Yes
by Irisharab (2024-03-02 16:04:17)

In reply to: Is it a felony charge? * posted by ufl

Here's an excerpt from an Associated Press article in mid-February:

Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. The charge is a Class E felony in New York, the lowest tier of felony charges in the state. It is punishable by up to four years in prison, though there is no guarantee that a conviction would result in jail time.

Because it is a state case, Trump would not be able to pardon himself if he were to become president again. Presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes.

To convict Trump of a felony, prosecutors must show he not only falsified or caused business records to be entered falsely, which would be a misdemeanor, but that he did so to conceal another crime.

Prosecutors did not specify the other crime in Trump’s indictment, but have since said that evidence shows his actions were meant to conceal campaign finance crimes.

Replies:

So what's the underlying cime in the penultimate paragraph? - gozer 2024-03-02 16:46:42
- Campaign finance violations - ratinatux 2024-03-02 20:12:49
  - Agreed entirely but disagree in part - airborneirish 2024-03-02 20:40:49
    - It was not in the indictment but DA office stated that is - ratinatux 2024-03-03 08:52:08
      - Like I said. Wait until march 25. * - airborneirish 2024-03-03 17:14:57
- No one knows. We have to wait until march 25 * - airborneirish 2024-03-02 18:16:32
- I think with the "double haters" - AquinasDomer 2024-03-02 17:24:31
  - What an utterly depressing statement. - IAND75 2024-03-02 18:24:33
Wait won that make him ineligible to vote in FL? * - vermin05 2024-03-02 16:14:04