Here is where I now think it is going... Please take this as an opinion of it based on a link Seymore posted, of how the law reads ...and what we know so far....
Trump aided and helped conceal the commission of another crime, with falsifying his business records.
The other crime was Cohen committing Campaign finance crimes. I don't know the specifics of Cohen's crimes but one surely had to be Cohen paying Stormy off with $130,000 for Trump and his political aspirations and campaign, when his individual limit according to law is somewhere around just $2500-$3000 per election cycle, another could be not reporting the donation to the campaign, etc....but I am uncertain precisely what the crimes were for him that I believe were at the felony level.
Regardless in Cohen's indictment it says at the bequest of Individual #1, or the unindicted Individual #1.... which was Trump.
The prosecution has spent time on these things-
SHOWING THE AFFAIR OCCURRED
- Showing that the stormy affair did happen and all the embarrassing things she told about it, that she wanted the public to know would have hurt his campaign.
SHOWING TRUMP WAS CONCERNED WITH HIS CAMPAIGN, IF GOTTEN OUT
-Hope Hicks testifying it was most certainly a red alarm fire with the Category 5 Access Hollywood tape and this Stormy thing was absolutely critical, to not get out and add to it!
-Hope testified that Michael would not do this for Trump, out of the kindness of his heart, Trump had to know!
-Pecker testifies that he dealt as Trump's ears to catch bad salacious stories looking to be sold about him so to PROTECT his CAMPAIGN....
TRUMP'S LIKELY KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT COHEN WAS DOING
-Pecker testified Trump knew all. He was a micro and macro, touched everything manager/owner.
-Trump's accountants and secretaries etc, testified to this also.
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The prosecution seems to be establishing or trying to support Cohen establishing when he testifies, that Trump was aware of the illegal way Cohen was going to Fix It for him, to silence Stormy Daniels so his campaign would not be hurt and Trump couldn't be identified. They did this with Weisselberg notes stating how to get to the $420k Cohen was reimbursed....
They also are spending time establishing, that there is no way under the sun, that Trump would sign those $35000 checks to Cohen each month where their invoices were falsified, without knowing the plan for these falsified invoices was to pay back Cohen for the $130k and some!!!! A big amount more!!! They have Trump testimony from another suit with Stormy where Trump testified he did pay Cohen back....
This is the gist of what I can see happening, so far....