Breaking Down Potential Felony Charges Former President Donald Trump Faces

Federal defense attorney, Ronald Chapman II, joined Cheddar News to talk about the potential felony charges former President Donald Trump faces, connected to allegedly covering up hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. "We do know that paying hush-money payments is not its own standalone criminal offense," he said.

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A big piece of this, of course, centering around the legal aspects of the case as even recent CNN polling shows widespread support for the prosecution but also shows that most Americans believe the case has been influenced by politics. So joining me now, from the legal side of things is federal defense attorney Ronald Chapman the second Ronald. Thank you so much for joining today. Thank you. All right. Well, according to reports, the most likely felony charge is one that centers around falsifying business records, break down what this charge is and what kind of evidence the D A is going to need to prove it in this case. As we wait for the charges to officially be unsealed under the New York penal code, falsifying business records is a misdemeanor, but it can actually become a felony when it's done with the intent to conceal some other criminal offense. In this case. We don't know what Alvin Bragg is suggesting is that other criminal offense. But we do know that paying money payment is not its own stand alone criminal offense. So the difficulty for Alvin Bragg here and I'm sure his team has tried to figure this out and research it is. What is that other offense that gets us to a felony? And how are they going to show that Donald Trump intended to commit that other offense and to conceal it by falsifying business records.