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- Hush-money prosecutors say their "entire case" rests on an obscure NY election conspiracy law.
- Attorneys specializing in state election law believe the statute has never been prosecuted.
- But two election law scholars said DA Alvin Bragg's novel strategy may well get Trump convicted.
At Donald Trump's hush money trial on Tuesday, a Manhattan prosecutor surprised law nerds in the audience by revealing that "the entire case" rests on a single section of New York's election law.