Trump as defendant

= the trump-indictment-annotated=
::? … an illegal attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election ??? 
Donald Trump faces 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in the first degree. 
The charges all relate to a $130,000 hush-money payment by lawyer Michael Cohen to adult film star Stormy Daniels just before 2016 election in order to prevent her from talking about her allegations that she had an affair with Mr Trump in 2007.
In the court documents, Cohen is referred to as Lawyer A and Stormy Daniels as Woman 2.
The first line of the Statement of Facts, a document that accompanied the indictment, spells out the prosecution case: 
:The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election.
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* [https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf Die Anklageschrift im Original]
*What the 34 felony charges against Donald Trump reveal (by bbc, by Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent) 
* Who is Juan Merchan, the judge in Trump's case?
=the trump-manhattan-inquiry=
Donald Trump - attacking the judge assigned to his case, as he attempts to undermine the credibility of the investigation and rally his base to his defence.
Judge Juan Merchan has presided over two cases of interest to Trump and the former president didn't like the outcome of either.
One was the Trump Organization's tax fraud trial, in which a jury found his namesake company guilty on 17 counts, including falsifying business records.
In a related case, Trump's former chief financial officer pleaded guilty to his role in the tax scheme as part of a deal with prosecutors.
Trump has complained about how his long-time employee was treated.
=== Weblinks === 
*Critical days of Trump trial will test whether he can exercise discipline and restraint . Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN, May 9, 2024