The 34 crimes are these:

- falsifying business records - 1st degree

- falsifying business records - 1st degree

- falsifying business records - 1st degree

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- falsifying business records - 1st degree

https://www.scribd.com/document/737791944/Trump-verdict-shee...

He was charged 34 times for the same payment, multiple times per check, because they were entered as payment for lawyer instead of hush money for porn star.

"Falsifying business records" is a not a crime, unless it's done in the pursuit of another crime. The other crime was trying to influence the election (literally his job as a candidate). This is despite the fact that the books were cooked as payment to lawyer in 2017, after the election.

Alvin Bragg, the person who convicted Trump, specifically ran on prosecuting Trump.

It was entirely a political prosecution. If Trump had paid cash, he would have 10000x counts against him, one for each dollar bill.

34x of 4 years means he could have been convicted for a maximum of 134 years. One count for 4 years wasn't enough, they had to give him more time than some serial killers.

The judge specifically postponed the conviction after the election to see if he should receive prison terms or not. He absolutely would have had he lost.