The Law May Give Prosecutors the Edge in Trump’s Trial

Michael Cohen’s “testimony that Mr. Trump ‘approved’ the plan could give prosecutors what they need,” the New York Times reports.

“It might not matter that he did not accuse Mr. Trump of personally falsifying the records or explicitly instructing anyone to do so. Under the New York law that Mr. Trump is charged with violating, prosecutors need only show that he ‘caused’ his company to file false records. The prosecution has another legal card to play: The law holds a defendant accountable even when he does not carry out the crime himself, so long as he ‘intentionally aids’ it.”