Thread by @TheRealHoarse

Early in his criminal career, Trump got away with destroying documents he was ordered to produce in a lawsuit - and he has repeatedly gotten away with withholding documents.

All of that “success” lulled him into being unafraid of documenting his criminal tax evasion.

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After all, if you have always gotten away with shredding the evidence or simply not turning it over, you get a little overconfident about whether documents can hurt you.

From yesterday’s indictment, it appears the Trump Org. kept meticulous records of off-books tax evasions.

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And it appears those records have landed in prosecutors’ hands.

Trump’s businesses may be a labyrinthine tangle virtually impossible to pull apart…

but any jury can understand the very simple fraud of paying someone X but only reporting Y on their taxes.

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I thought these initial charges sounded somewhat minor in comparison to Trump’s overall criminality but there’s some strategic wisdom to opening the floodgates with simple, clear, slam-dunk charges.

Amps the pressure on Weisselberg up considerably, it would seem.

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It’s one thing to believe you’re looking at a long and complicated trial over charges a jury might have a hard time following.

It’s another thing to know you’re looking at a short trial, conviction and prison stay.

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And between the evidence prosecutors appear to have in their hands already and cooperation they seem to have lined up from Weisselberg’s #2, who’s to say they even need Weisselberg?

People may be underestimating the strength of the case against Trump even without Weisselberg.
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