famous crime. falsifying business records? that s not like bank robbery or reckless driving or even hamb g hamburglarring. does anybody ever actually get charged for that? well, remember i said it is a 16-count indictment today against paul manafort in new york. count 8, falsifying business records in the first degree. count 9, falsifying business records in the first degree. count 10, falsifying business records in the first degree. count 11 and count 12 and count 13 and count 14 and count 15, eight are falsifying business records in the first degree. and falsifying business records is what the trump organization is effectively accused by prosecutors already of having done in the felony campaign finance case that is sending michael cohen to prison in a matter of weeks and in which the president is also have alleged to have directed the buyer scheme. and it s true there is a federal
eight are falsifying business records in the first degree. and falsifying business records is what the trump organization is effectively accused by prosecutors already of having done in the felony campaign finance case that is sending michael cohen to prison in a matter of weeks and in which the president is also have alleged to have directed the buyer scheme. and it s true there is a federal justice department policy that arguably constrains any federal prosecutor from indicting and prosecuting a sitting president. but that federal justice department policy doesn t bind state prosecutors whatsoever. and neither state prosecutors nor federal prosecutors are barred from bringing any sort of prosecution against the president s business or against people who work for the president at his business, whether or not they re his children. is this today new york prosecutors showing the president how to expect this