It's their NY LAW that is written and on the books, that designates the bumping up to a felony distinction. Not my law, not federal law.
I can't change their LAWS, or make them prosecute or not prosecute, when someone breaks their laws.
Even if the misdemeanor statute of limitation had not expired, he would have been charged with this crime as a class E felony... Because under the NY law, he committed the falsification to help cover up another crime.
And yes it seems petty to me, sitting on the outside...but it ain't my call. If Trump had not committed the felony version, then the jury would have found him not guilty. They found him guilty, so he DID break their NY Law and commit the crimes he was charged with.
Bragg was investigating this crime, before Trump ever announced he would be a candidate and run for office again.