You are really much smarter than this…
Well, duh…the original charges are a misdemeanor, statute of limitations long since expired. The election interference charges were not brought up until the closing arguments/ jury instructions, by a state DA and judge who have no jurisdiction over federal crimes. Do you know what felonies the jury agreed upon? There were three (I think) and we’ll never know because they only had to choose one, didn’t even have to be unanimous. It really is quite pathetic.Lasvegas seems to be conflating the original charges of falsifying accounts with the underlying issue the Prosecution wanted to prove - that the 34 counts of financial misdemeanours on the indictment sheet were really about an overall pattern of election interference - aggravating issues which elevated the case to a Felony (which will be reflected in the punishment).
It will be really interesting to hear the comments on here when the conviction is reversed.