My earlier post pertained to the problem that Michael Cohen’s immense credibility problems pose for the criminal case brought by elected progressive Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg against the de facto Republican 2024 presidential nominee, former president Donald Trump. Here are a few things to watch for in terms of Cohen’s substantive testimony — i.e., the evidence Bragg needs to prove the 34 counts of falsifying business records with fraudulent intent to conceal another crime (which other crime Bragg intimates was a conspiracy to violate federal campaign-finance laws).
At a minimum, the state has to prove that the business records were false, that Trump had fraudulent intent in making them false, and that this fraudulent intent included concealing a campaign expenditure.
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