He made false business records on paying Cohen back for Cohen's $130,000 payoff for Stormy's silencing to keep this from the American and New York voters. The $130k paid upfront by Cohen, was for Trump's campaign...which couldn't take another hit, after the Access Hollywood tape's release the previous week, of which was a straw donation, really made by Trump himself, since he paid Cohen back...neither declared it as a campaign donation, even though its main purpose was for Trump's campaign. And the New York State law he broke involves election campaign violations of purposely deceiving the voters, as well.
The only reason for lying on his business records was to cover up, Cohen's payment/donation.
The records are false. There is no doubt Trump and company filed false records.....guilty....misdemeanor..... But because the falsifying was done for intentional crooked, cheating, reasons, it became a felony.... Lots of mobster like behavior of Trump's crooked cheating in 2016 was revealed and quite shocking, coming from David Pecker....
This case was the least important, most dems were shocked when Bragg announced the charges.... they just wanted it to go away and bring focus on to the two federal indictments....but now that those two important cases have been delayed delayed delayed, the NY state trial, became more important.