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Comment by jeltz

5 days ago

You are confusing different cases. The one he was convicted for was falsifying business records. That was an open and shut case where no banks were involved and no law has to be changed.

There were a couple of dpdgy cases against him but he was not convinced of any of them.

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tim333  5 days ago

I challenge you to name the crime. "Falsifying business records" is not a felony in NY.

  • ben_w  5 days ago 

      Penal Law Section 175.10
  Falsifying business records in the first degree

  A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree when he commits the crime of falsifying business records in the second degree, and when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof. Falsifying business records in the first degree is a class E felony.

    - https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._penal_law_section_175.1...

    Now, I'm not a lawyer, but that does rather look like you need to eat humble pie.

    • tim333  5 days ago

      Me neither but I guess so.

      Falsifying business records with intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime.

      The 'another crime' was never specified.

      I guess he joins all the other people convicted of falsifying business records with an intent to commit another crime unspecified.

      It does seem a bit made up for him. I'm sure lots of people have errors in their business reporting and how do you defend against being accused of an unspecified crime?

      I'm not really a Trump fan but I think it would have been much better to prosecute him for something real like trying to steal the 2020 election than the above silliness that was just ignored and let him get back into office.