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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The verdicts have a stronger than normal chance of being reversed.

It is my understanding that all three of the possible crimes (tax evasion, violation of federal election campaign contributions,and violation of New York state election laws) were given in the jury instructions and the trial judge ruled that the jurors did not need to be unanimous as to which of three charged crimes elevated the misdemeanors to felonies. Seems like a critical flaw in a legal system which requires a unanimous jury for a criminal conviction.

This also violates the 6th Amendment to the US Constitution as defendant was unaware of with which crime he was actually charged.

Under what authority does a local district attorney charge one with a federal offense ?[/quote]

You still don’t understand anything. He was convicted of 34 state law crimes of fraudulent business documents that were felony counts because they were part of a conspiracy to continue and/or cover up another crime or crimes (federal and/or state campaign finance fraud and/or tax fraud). He was not charged or convicted of those crimes, merely that the business crimes he was charged with were committed to cover up the conspiracy to commit them. The jury verdict is that he committed the 34 counts of business fraud and did so for the purpose of continuing and/or covering up a criminal conspiracy. It isn’t a new interpretation of the law. It’s how the law is used in NY to prosecute criminal conspirators. [/quote]

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