I'm a Norwegian without direct skin in the game, but according to these[1][2] sources it was "§ 175.10 Falsifying business records in the first degree"[3], stated to be a class E felony in New York.

Is this not correct?

[1]: https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/qa-on-trumps-criminal-conv...

[2]: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-tr...

[3]: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/175.10

  Penal Law Section 175.10
  Falsifying business records in the first degree

  A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree when he commits the crime of falsifying business records in the second degree, and when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof. Falsifying business records in the first degree is a class E felony.

Now, I'm not a lawyer, but that does rather look like you need to eat humble pie.