Which way am I "going about it"?
He lied in his business records, like he lies about so many other things, but this time it happened to be a criminal offense because it was done to skirt campaign finance laws which require public disclosure of such payments.
Everyone can make up their mind who to vote for, that doesn't negate that Trump was dully convicted for very real criminal violations of the law, not some "book keeping error" bs stories.
Let's not forget that Trump has three other unresolved criminal cases against him, each much more serious than fraudulent pay offs to keep people quiet during an election.