law in the united states or trying to conceal bribery in london or anywhere else, if you falsify a financial record in new york, in order to commit a crime to conceal a crime somewhere else, that is a felony in new york and new york has the right and the obligation to protect integrity of its financial system by prosecuting crimes like this, whether they are committed by the banks or by former presidents of the united states. so this is a serious crime, it was committed a while back, in 2016, but alvin bragg, the da, is right to pursue this and to file this indictment. i would emphasise this is by far not as most serious crime but donald trump probably committed. he has expulsion of sedition and insurrection, crimes underfederal sedition and insurrection, crimes under federal law, but he could be indicted by the united states department of justice when the special counseljack smith wraps up his investigation and those crimes would disqualify him from public office, ever havin
comments, is that this appears to be a persecution from electoral interference, going after donald trump yet again and i wonder whether, in your capacity as the former chief white house ethics lawyer for presidents george w bush and in your capacity as a law professor as well, if you can speak to that, the divisiveness within american society today, the fact that when something like this comes up, there is a sort of instantaneous reaction from both sides where it is impossible at some level to actually look at the case and the facts at hand and instead, people are now very much focused on the politics of all of this. ~ ., of this. well, i would emphasise of this. well, i would emphasise that - of this. well, i would emphasise that the l of this. well, i would - emphasise that the white of this. well, i would emphasise that the white house staff and the ethics lecturers, and i gave a lot of them to the white house staff and several after the indictment of the vice president s chief