In closing arguments, the prosecutor will be able to just say that they didn't need to prove the mislabeled payment was a campaign finance violation , because Cohen already pled guilty to it.
This was part of a plea agreement for lesser prison time for all the other tax , taxi , fraud and all the other stuff Cohen did.
It doesn't matter that it was never a crime that would have held up in court. This thing has been fixed from the get go. sc
They know they will be reversed on appeal and don't care. They get to call him a convicted felon for the next 6 months. Average voter doesn't follow the news much or at all. sc
This is what I have been saying.
In closing arguments, the prosecutor will be able to just say that they didn't need to prove the mislabeled payment was a campaign finance violation , because Cohen already pled guilty to it.
This was part of a plea agreement for lesser prison time for all the other tax , taxi , fraud and all the other stuff Cohen did.
It doesn't matter that it was never a crime that would have held up in court. This thing has been fixed from the get go. sc