re: Would someone please explain the crimes Trump committed?

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Again, where is the crime?

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Trump has been charged under New York Penal Law §175.10, which reads as follows:

A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree when he commits the crime of falsifying business records in the second degree, and when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.

So, the state's case hinges on two things -- falsifying business records and falsifying those business records when the intent to defraud includes the intent to commit another crime or aid in its concealment. In this instance, the state is alleging that Trump falsified business records with the intent to commit another crime or aid in its concealment (which were the FEC crimes to which Michael Cohen pled guilty and served time in prison -- causing an unlawful campaign contribution with his involvement in orchestrating the payment from AMI to Karen McDougal, and making an excessive campaign contribution for the payment to Stormy Daniels).

So, the state has to prove that the business records were falsified (that gets you to a misdemeanor). Then, the state has to prove that the business records were falsified (when the intent to defraud included the intent to commit campaign finance violations or aid in their concealment) -- that gets you to a felony.

That's why he's in court, and that's why, in my opinion, this case will largely depend on the examination of Michael Cohen and testimony surrounding how (and how many) transactions were handled with McDougal and Stormy Daniels and the derivative transactions recorded as legal fees paid by Trump to Cohen.

He could have avoided all of this with a direct payment and an NDA.