FalsifyingbusinessrecordsinNewYorkis a misdemeanor, buthereit's a felonybecauseprosecutorshadtoshowthatTrumpwasseekingtocommitorconceal a secondcrime. ProsecutorsarguedthatthereasonTrumpfalsifiedbusinessrecordswastocoverup a conspiracytoillegallypromotehiselectiontothepresidency.
And I thinkwhenshewasonthestand, jurorssawwhatthatstorylookedlike. Throughoutthetrial, thejuryalsoheardaboutTrumpas a businessmanfromformerstaffersandalsofrombookshewrote.
Hewrites, "As I saidbefore, I alwayssignmychecksso I knowwheremymoney's going." Thathelpedestablish a patterntoshowthatTrumpwas a micromanagerofhisbusinessdealings. Finally, theprosecutioncalleditsstarwitness.