Cohen paid Daniels personally, but was reimbursed by the Trump Organization under the guise of legal expenses — leading federal prosecutors to charge the money had been falsely accounted for.
Bragg’s case hinges on the allegation that the crime of falsifying business records — bookkeeping fraud — was done in the commission of another crime, a campaign finance violation, The New York Times reported in March.
Yeah, wonderful. Cohen said Trump had nothing to do with payment, Stormy Daniels is a porn actress grifter, and the "charges" are an amalgamation of the stupidest, most contorted claims imaginable (misdemeanor Federal campaign violation that Federal prosecutors said did not merit prosecution made into a state felony "falsifying business records" to bring it within statute of limitations).