re: Serious question. How is hush money a crime?

New York law outlaws it if it covers a crime. Where this reaches into novel legal theory is the stated crime is federal campaign finance laws Bragg has no justification to prosecute and has been investigated and passed on by people that could.

Bragg claims the payments were solely to protect the campaign. There is precedent of a politican claiming it was to protect his family and the court agreeing.

These frivolous suits have never been prosecuted before because of the threat of mutually assured destruction. The republicans/ uniparty has signed off on these because “GET TRUMP “.