Former president Trump was convicted last week on 34 charges of the same crime — falsifying business records with an intent to defraud that included an intent to conceal another crime, under §175.10 of New York State’s penal law.
One of the arguments made in defense of the jury’s verdict — which was consistent with Judge Juan Merchan’s flawed legal instructions — is that critics are wrong in contending that (a) there is doubt about what the “other crime” was, and (b) Merchan told the jury they did not need to be unanimous on what the other crime was.
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