i wish they have done that u front. that is really my concern here the underlying, th falsification of busines records charges is ver straightforward to prove so i really think it s important for all of us to get that out there suzanne, after trump arraignment, they bragg held a press conference he defended his decision t bring these unprecedente charges. take a listen to what he said. we have a distinct an strong, i would say, profoun independent interest in ne york state this is the business capital o the world. we regularly do cases involvin false business statements. but the better, the bedrock, i fact, the bases for business integrity and they wil functioning business marketplace is true an accurate we have to keep it that s the charge of fraud here, falsified new york state business records what do you make of how alvin bragg characterize the significance of this case, tying it to not only the broader rule of law, but the
arraignment, they bragg held a press conference he defended his decision t bring these unprecedente charges. take a listen to what he said. we have a distinct an strong, i would say, profoun independent interest in ne york state this is the business capital o the world. we regularly do cases involvin false business statements. but the better, the bedrock, i fact, the bases for business integrity and they wil functioning business marketplace is true an accurate we have to keep it that s the charge of fraud here, falsified new york state business records what do you make of how alvin bragg characterize the significance of this case, tying it to not only the broader rule of law, but the general interest of new york state being as he described th financial center, financia capital of the world well, i think is right abou the business, you know, records, and keeping accurate busines records. but what he s doing is so much more than that, around thi
the world. we regularly do cases involvin false business statements. but the better, the bedrock, i fact, the bases for business integrity and they wil functioning business marketplace is true an accurate we have to keep it that s the charge of fraud here, falsified new york state business records what do you make of how alvin bragg characterize the significance of this case, tying it to not only the broader rule of law, but the general interest of new york state being as he described th financial center, financia
scheme paid off first with the german strain paid off next fo trump with the nationa enquirer company making anothe payment to keep another stor quiet, - trump in the election. the second instance it was 150,000 dollar payment to this woman, whose name is karen mcdougal in both of those instances prosecutor alvin bragg sai today that the book keepin around those payments, the payment of the door man, the payment to karen mcdougal, resulted in false business statements being made on the books of the parent compan that owns the national enquirer now, that ends up bein important to all of ou understanding here into th eventual fate of donald trum because that factor ends u being important to the crimes, the alleged crimes, bein charged against trump as felonies the contention from prosecutor today, which we did not know was coming in this exact way the contention from prosecutor today is that this overall scheme was a violation of ne york election law, because new
of falsifying business records, typically just a misdemeanor, and district attorney s alvin bragg s strategy for elevating the charges is on shaky legal ground. here s the new york post, calling the case trumped up. the paper writes, is that it? bragg s historic cases versus don falls flat. meanwhile the da defending his controversial decision to bring a case against a former u.s. president. your predecessor took a hard look at this case and decided not to charge it. federal prosecutors took a hard look at this case and decided not to charge it. do you believe you have new evidence that led you to decide to charge this, or why now? we ve had additional evidence. this is the business capital of the world. we regularly do cases involving false business statements. the bedrock, in fact the basis for business integrity at a well-functioning business marketplace is true and accurate