A bread and butter crime

It looks like the Manhattan DA prosecutes a lot of people for the crimes Trump is suspected of committing:

Eye-opening statistic via NYT:

“False business records charge is the bread and butter of the district attorney’s office … since Mr Bragg took office in 2022, prosecutors have filed 117 felony counts … against 29 individuals and companies.”

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— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) March 22, 2023

According to the Times, it’s still a tricky case with the need to attach it to the federal election crime in order to make it a felony, but nobody can say that they don’t ever try people for crimes like this.