After former President Donald J. Trump pleaded not guilty in New York City to 34 felony charges related to falsifying business records, Professor Jerry Goldfeder broke down the investigation and explained what may come next for Trump.
“[Bragg’s] challenge is to try to bump up the falsifying business records charge, which is normally a misdemeanor charge, to a felony,” Goldfeder said.
Bragg is “going to bring in witnesses, he’s going to show a lot of documentary evidence to attempt to demonstrate that all these payments were in furtherance of the presidential campaign,” said Jerry H. Goldfeder, a veteran election lawyer in New York and the director of Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project.
“It remains to be seen if he can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt,” Goldfeder said. But, he added, “Do not underestimate District Attorney Alvin Bragg and do not overestimate Mr. Trump.”