Trump Throws Out New Claim About the Status of Manhattan DA’s Investigation of Him

Former President Donald Trump is offering a new view of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s probe in an alleged hush money payment to an adult film star.

Speaking to reporters after a campaign event in Waco, Texas, on Saturday, Trump said, “I think they’ve already dropped the case.

“It’s a fake case. Some fake cases, they have absolutely nothing,” he added.

Trump previously predicted he would be arrested on Mar. 21 in relation to Bragg’s probe into an alleged hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

However, the date went without an arrest.

The New York Times reported that it is believed the case could “hinge on the way Mr. Trump and his company, the Trump Organization, handled reimbursing Mr. Cohen for the payment of $130,000 to Ms. Daniels.”

“Internal Trump Organization records falsely classified the reimbursements as legal expenses, which helped conceal the purpose of the payments, according to Mr. Cohen, who said Mr. Trump knew about the misleading records,” it added.

It explained falsifying business records “can be a crime” in New York. And it can be a felony if the falsification was carried out to commit or cover up another crime.

And the Times notes, “That crime could be a violation of election law, under the theory that the payout served as a donation to Mr. Trump’s campaign, because it silenced Ms. Daniels and shut down a potential sex scandal in the final stretch of the campaign.”