I'm a Norwegian without direct skin in the game, but according to these[1][2] sources it was "§ 175.10 Falsifying business records in the first degree"[3], stated to be a class E felony in New York.

Is this not correct?

[1]: https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/qa-on-trumps-criminal-conv...

[2]: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-tr...

[3]: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/175.10