“The case has become known as the ‘Stormy Daniels hush-money case,’ which has made it easier for the public to dismiss, because it seems like small potatoes. In fact, the argument that the prosecutors have made in court filings is focussed on something closer to election interference. The case is about Trump lying his way into office.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/donald-trumps-trial-of-the-century
@tusk81 I go the other way.
The election interference claim generally rests on election regulations that are pretty questionable in their own right, handcuffs on ways that candidates wish to interact with potential voters that are pretty in the legal weeds.
Hush-money and prostitutes are probably more important to so many voters than technical accounting compliance.
