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Kelly Armstrong: “In the indictment, they did not put the underlying crime.”

Featuring: Kelly Armstrong, Republican | Governor of North Dakota

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Kelly Armstrong Grills Judge On Trump Hush Money Case Indictment Failing To List 'Underlying Crime'

Published | Video Starts at 01:09

And you have to prove in order to get a conviction at trial, you have to prove every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Right. That's just traditionally how this works. That is the right way to do it. So In the indictment, they did not put the underlying crime. No, they did not. They only described it as other crimes. Okay. And in the jury instructions, did they put the specific underlying crime? No. The falsifying business records was described in the jury instructions. (01:09–01:14)

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Asserts that the indictment did not specify the underlying crime.

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