Alvin Bragg makes it official. He lists the potential underlying crimes in the Trump indictment.

Let's talk about what that means and what I'm talking about in this particular matter. So,

let's back up and talk about the criminal indictment, the felony counts that Donald Trump

is charged with by the Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg. He is charged with falsifying business records

in the first degree. And in New York, falsifying a business record is a misdemeanor unless it's done

in order to conceal or commit or aid in the commission of another crime. And everyone was wondering

what other crime is it that Donald Trump intended to commit or conceal when he falsified those

business records. And if you remember what he did, he paid off Stormy Daniels through Michael

Cohen so that he did not have to have that come out right before the 2016 election because he wanted

to influence the election improperly actually because what happened was he, what he did was he

engaged Michael Cohen through the Alan Pecker and American media, the National Enquirer

to catch and kill the story. And in order to do it and cover up his tracks, he had Michael Cohen pay

pay it. And then he paid Michael Cohen back by making separate checks over time, structuring it to

make it look like legal fees when there weren't any legal fees. And making false business entries

into the Trump organization books and records in order to cover it up, he also doubled the payments

or grossed up the wages so that Michael Cohen can claim it as income tax or as income and still

get paid and reimburse the full amount. And that's what they did to falsify it and cover up the crime.

So Alvin Bragg, everyone's been asking, what is the underlying crime? Was it a federal election

crime? Was it a state election crime? Was it a tax crime? What is it that he, that Alvin Bragg is

charging him with? So finally, there was a filing by the Assistant District Attorney, the prosecutor

in this case on Friday, last Friday, which said that Donald Trump falsified the business records with

an intent to commit aid or conceal state crimes that might include a conspiracy to unlawfully

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