Dope1: Dershowitz covered this yesterday. Literally no one has ever put on an accounting form "$X - Payoff for my lawyer bribing a couple of hookers".

So, what, his only alternative was to set up a shell corporation as a pass-through and then make false business records to conceal the six-figure payoff? Best case scenario for Trump is he's guilty of multiple misdemeanors; there's literally no dispute that he committed those crimes. In NY, if you commit one crime to cover up another crime, it gets a felony bump (even if both crimes are misdemeanors).

Rest easy, though, these charges will be forgotten in a New York minute when Trump is indicted for obstruction and other crimes related to stealing top secret documents and indicted again for plotting an insurrection. I will admit to doubting Willis bringing charges in Georgia... those 'imminent' charges against multiple individuals is taking way too long.