The Federal Preemption Problem in the Indictment of Michael Cohen

Weisselberg is in Rikers for these charges, falsifying business records and other fraud. Cohen went to wherever he went, Otisville. This is an embarrassment for everything. These are misdemeanors, right? They're they're elevated felony because they are in with the intent to commit another crime, right? The crime of he says, unlawfully or conspiring to unlawfully aid a candidate, right, is unlawful crime in New York law. But that doesn't stop a prosecution. It would appear that the DA here is acting, he says, to protect American elections.