House Speaker Mike Johnson describes himself as a Christian before anything else. He has said his “faith informs everything I do.” He has told people curious about his views to “pick up a Bible.” His wife reportedly runs a counseling service whose operating agreement, which he himself notarized, states, “We believe and the Bible teaches that any form of sexual immorality, such as adultery…is sinful and offensive to God.” He has said he and his son use a software program called Covenant Eyes to ensure neither is looking at porn.
Given all this, you may think that Johnson would not be comfortable showing up to a criminal trial to defend a guy who allegedly had an affair with an adult film star (according to the adult film star anyway, though Trump denies it), paid her to stay quiet about the alleged affair, and then was accused of covering up said payment. But you would think wrong!
On Tuesday, Johnson attended Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, where—prior to the proceedings getting underway—the congressional leader nodded approvingly at Trump from behind a metal barrier, like a groupie at his favorite band’s concert.
Falsifying business records is an actual crime.
So what? Even if he did falsify them (which they failed to prove) statute of limitations already ran up. They're trying to claim he falsified them to influence the outcome of the election but that's impossible considering that they weren't labeled as a legal expense until after the election was over. Facts matter
Again, do you think they can just ignore things like statute of limitations and proceed anyway just because they don't like Trump and are out to get him? The case would not be in progress if that claim of yours was accurate. The charges were indeed filled before the statute of limitations expired. This is a real court with real rules that apply and matter. It isn't a clown sham court like Trump wants you to think it is. Facts do indeed matter. Stop fabricating them (or believing someone else's fabrications) to fit a narrative that you want to be true.
The statute of limitations ran up on the bookkeeping charge, so Bragg claimed that the false bookkeeping was done in order to hide another supposed crime which allows him to try and make a felony out of it, but they haven't proved the first or second crime. Some say the second crime was election interference but the problem with that theory is that Trump didn't sign the bookkeeping documents until well after the election was already over, so that wouldn't make any sense. We've basically just gotta wait until the judge gives his directions to the jury to find out what this second crime is