Who’s Who in Trump’s NY Election Interference Trial : Visual Guide (May 5th)
Election interference. ‘Catch and Kill’ damaging stories. Hush money payments…
How do you keep track of all the charges? The payment scheme? Who paid whom? For what? Why? The cover up? Start by following the money and the key people involved in the trial are and how they are interconnected.
You’re smart. Connect the dots for yourself with this visual guide. Click on any face for more details. There are also links to the court transcripts and audio guides. Use the SELECTION button to focus your search by Team Trump, Catch And Kill, Payments, Defense or Prosecution.
The trial centers on allegations the former president falsified his company’s internal records to obscure the true nature of reimbursement payments to his former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen, who arranged hush money payments to bury negative stories about him during his 2016 presidential race. — AP
Follow the hush money
Understand the election interference scheme
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Trump’s indictment by a grand jury in April 2023, accusing the former president of “falsifying New York business records in order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters before and after the 2016 election.” If Trump is found guilty, the judge could sentence him to probation or a maximum sentence of up to four years in state prison on each count. — CNN
Keep it simple
Make sense of the scheme is by following the money.
Who was paid? For what? By Whom? Where did the money come from?
What was the motivation for giving that money?
How did suppressing damaging stories days before the election, impact the outcome?
Who benefitted by having negative stories about them hidden?
TakeAway: Follow the money to understand Trump’s “Catch And Kill” election interference scheme. Voters deserve to have all the facts about who they are voting for.
Deepak
DemLabs
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