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- The Manhattan DA was sharply criticized for omitting key details that would justify upgrading the charges from misdemeanors to felonies.
- Bragg's approach appears to be a deliberate strategy to choose among four different secondary crimes later on.
- A 30-year veteran of the DA's office told Insider that Bragg will lay the specifics out in a so-called "bill of particulars" down the road.
Shortly after the Manhattan district attorney's office unsealed its 34-count felony indictment against former President Donald Trump, questions started pouring in.
To prove that Trump committed felony falsification of business records, as opposed to a misdemeanor, state prosecutors would need to show that he did so in order to commit or cover up a second crime.