Justified? The old saying in Washington is that the coverup is often worse than the crime. What he did wouldnt necessarily be a crime its the covering up where the crime comes in. It amounted to cheating in the 2016 election because it prevented a negative story about Trump from going public using illegal campaign donations. I was told that election integrity is super serious. Prosecute anyone who breaks election laws to the max the law allows. Do you not want people who rig elections prosecuted? He "won" based on 50k votes over about 3 states. Who knows how much this story would have changed votes.
I do not expect him to get prison time from this case even if he is convicted 34 times. By legal standards he has no prior criminal record with only some civil judgements of fraud on his record which wont matter. He is also a former President which will get him exceedingly favorable treatment. I expect the Judge to give him probation despite the attacks by Trump to hammer home her impartiality in the case although we know nothing but dismissing the case and ordering the immediate execution of Alvin Bragg will get the right to display the Judge as anything but Stalin reincarnated. The real threat of prison time comes from the 3 cases in Georgia and DC. If convicted in this case and then any of those, how do you not give prison time to a guy who is already a convicted felon. Even then I believe the Judge will grant an appeal bond solely because of his status as a former President.
