mccarthy in the 1950s, and who represented the trump organization in the 1970s. >> what trump has going is that he learned how to stall and defer and postpone, kick the can. but more than that, he learned never admit defeat. >> reporter: but, as much as they have tried, donald trump's lawyers have not been able to delay or dismiss this case. the people of the state of new york against donald trump. >> under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. >> reporter: last year, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg alleged that donald trump had falsified records to conceal a bigger crime. election fraud. >> defendant claimed that he was paying michael cohen for legal services performed in 2017. this simply was not true. >> reporter: instead, bragg says the hush money went to pay stephanie clifford, an adult film star better known as stormy daniels, to buy her silence about an alleged affair with trump before the 2016 election. while some legal observers question the strength of case, trump's former lawyer, mich