It is an election interference case

* Calling this trial a mere “hush money” case risks minimizing what’s at stake. 
It is an election interference one and we should say so.  
** https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/16/opinions/trump-trial-jury-hush-money-election-eisen/index.html
:: It is the first of four expected criminal trials involving Trump, and the only one in American history to feature a former president as the defendant. Although it has long been referred to as the “hush money” case, the judge’s first substantive words to the jury made clear that is wrong. We should call it an “election interference” trial going forward.
:: When the judge described the case to prospective jurors, he said. “The allegations are in substance, that Donald Trump falsified business records to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.” (Trump has pleaded not guilty and denied all wrongdoing in the cases against him.)
:: Merchan’s point: The core issue in the trial that began Monday is not the payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in October 2016 to conceal her claimed affair with Trump (he denies the affair took place). The core issue is why Trump made them.
:: Paying hush money by itself is not a crime. 
:: The crime alleged in this case is felony document falsification, as the judge detailed.
=== Word meaning ===
at Wikipedia 
Election interference generally refers to efforts to change the outcome of an election. Kinds of election interference may include:
* Electoral fraud, illegal interference with the process of an election
** Vote buying, when a political party or candidate distributes money to a voter with the expectation that they will vote for them
** Voter impersonation, when an eligible voter votes more than once or a non-eligible voter votes under the name of an eligible one
* Foreign electoral intervention, attempts by governments to influence elections in another country
==== See also ====
* Election audit, a review conducted to determine whether votes were counted accurately or whether proper procedures were followed
* Election security, the protection of elections and voting infrastructure from cyberattack or cyber threat
* Election subversion
=== Weblinks === 
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* Debunking Trump’s Misleading and False Claims About His Court Cases. Linda Qiu, a fact check reporter for The New York Times, analyzes some of Donald Trump’s false and misleading statements about his ongoing court cases. NYT, By LINDA QIU, CLAIRE HOGAN, JAMES SURDAM and NOAH THROOP. 16. apr 24
* [https://www.zeit.de/2024/17/prozess-trump-schweigegeld-stormy-daniels-us-wahl Politik als Porno ] Donald Trump steht zur Wahl und vor Gericht. Das schadet ihm doch eh alles nicht, sagen manche. Doch, tut es. Ein Kommentar von Kerstin Kohlenberg, in der ZEIT Nr. 17/2024 vom 17. April 2024
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