NEW: The DA’s office has not previously identified with any precision what the crime is that Trump allegedly was intending to commit or conceal by allegedly falsifying business records. Until now. 1/
During a sidebar about the relevance of Steve Bannon’s requests of Pecker, Steinglass admitted that New York Election Law 17-152, which prohibits conspiracies to promote a candidate’s election through unlawful means, is their “primary” predicate.
@lawofruby @TheRickWilson Not really the first time — they identified four theories in their motion to dismiss, and Judge Merchan in his opinion allowed them to proceed on these three theories:
@lawofruby It was strategic of DA Bragg to take this case from the sordid hush money to election interference which ties in nicely with Trump’s other election interference indictments in DC & GA
@lawofruby @threadreaderapp unroll , please?
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