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The motion also included new details on how Trump’s relationship with Pence deteriorated, with the former vice-president telling Trump to stop repeating false election fraud theories and move on.
The documents released on Friday include transcripts of interviews with the 6 January House committee that investigated the US Capitol riot, parts of Pence’s autobiography and fundraising emails sent to voters.
It is unclear if the 6 January case will ever go to trial. Trump is expected to end the prosecution if he returns to the White House.
He is facing several other criminal cases. He already has been convicted on 34 felony counts in New York in relation to a hush-money payment.
But as stated during the trial, the reason he wanted to hide the Stormy stuff was to protect his campaign. So by making a deal with National Enquiry to catch and kill the story to protect his campaign, not his family, means it was a campaign finance violation because he tried to do it on the DL instead of declaring it the legal way.
And you’re right that paying someone to stay silent isn’t illegal (as long as the thing you’re having them stay silent about itself is legal), but doing it in furtherance of his campaign without properly reporting it is illegal. So pretending it’s just a casual falsified business records case is downplaying the election interference by trying to hide payouts to protect his campaign bid (electability).
Edit - it was the 2nd crime (election interference) that made each count a felony instead of a misdemeanor.