Swing-State Voters Say They Have No Clue What Crime Trump Committed, Think Prosecution Was ‘Political’

A panel of seven swing-state voters largely said they did not know what crime a jury convicted former President Trump of and that the prosecution against him was political.

A Manhattan jury on Thursday convicted Trump in the case brought by Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. The North Carolina and Georgia registered voters told 2WAY’s Mark Halperin they could not specify the crime and that the timing of the prosecution was political, given the upcoming presidential election.

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Halperin asked the voters to explain what Trump was convicted of, starting with a North Carolina voter named Jesse.

“I’m not 100% sure, but I think he was convicted of some stuff going on with hush money going to someone he slept with, Stormy Daniels,” Jesse told Halperin, with the host asking what the crime is.

“Not telling the truth about money and election interference,” Jesse answered.

“Sending money to hush people up is what I think it is,” a Georgia voter named Dennise chimed in.

The charges originated from $420,000 Trump paid his former attorney Michael Cohen over 12 months in 2017 for “legal services,” which prosecutors claimed was actually to reimburse Cohen for $130,000 he paid to secure a nondisclosure agreement with porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election and keep her silent regarding claims of an affair with the former president. In order to indict Trump on felony charges and circumvent the expired statute of limitations, Bragg argued the records were falsified to hide or commit an additional crime, which remained uncertain throughout the trial, but was assumed