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a good group on a big day. it s a massive day. let s talk to smart people, what s your take, chuck rosenberg? if you want to start with smart people i wouldn t start with me. please. there s a lot in the indictment that didn t surprise me we had been hearing for a long time it would be related to the hush money payments and therefore false entries on the books and records of the trump organization but there was fascinating detail in the accompanying statement of facts that the prosecutors filed yesterday. which shows a couple of things one their theory for elevating those false records and entries into felonies. violations of election law both state and federal. and the hint of a plot or plan to violate state tax law you also see the centrality not just of michael cohen to the scheme but also david pecker
spiky, michael is could have usually gets his stories right but like we talked about on this show you can gen up a prosecution whether it be a misdemeanor or felony with a lot of counts. the key thing for people to watch for pete is what in the substance here. remember the statute is falsification of business records which is a misdemeanor unless you re trying to cover up another crime. so take a radio at what that other crime is. if it s a campaign finance violation, boy that s an incredibly weak case for reasons i d be happy to explain but who knows it could be something else. it could be state tax law. but the key is to look at does it look like it s petty or is it something really substantive. your reaction as well, david, if they really are foregoing a mug shot, that seems different. we heard reports of, you know, two dozen or 30 counts, not necessarily all of them felonies.