• @NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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    504 months ago

    He committed fraud (falsifying business records to pay Cohen) in furtherance of election interference (Killing multiple stories that would have been detrimental to his campaign (Pecker explicitly states this as the reason), and then hiding the payments is a kind of campaign contribution which was not disclosed) crimes. So yes, it actually does have something to do with the election. Just the 2016 election. It was rigged. Because he tried to rig it.

    I may be high on parentheticals.

    • Flying Squid
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      234 months ago

      It really, really pisses me off that the Trump people have been able to successfully re-frame this as “he was tried over cheating on his wife.”