You are correct in that it is behind the docs in strength. In a fair justice system, both are weak and would constitute prosecutorial abuse.
Stormy Daniels Denies Affair With Donald Trump: ‘It Never Happened’ https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...ir-donald-trump-never-happened-010513645.html
Wouldn't even matter,just as it didn't matter when Cohen was convicted and prosecutors stated Trump was a conspirator in the crime.
2018 letter shows Michael Cohen lying to feds about Stormy Daniels payment https://nypost.com/2023/03/22/2018-letter-shows-michael-cohen-lying-to-federal-officials/ The letter, obtained by The Post on Wednesday, emerged as the disbarred lawyer appeared poised to become the star witness in an unprecedented criminal case against his ex-boss, former President Donald Trump. In it, Cohen told the Federal Election Commission that he “used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford,” aka Daniels, in 2016. “Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed Mr. Cohen for the payment directly or indirectly,” Cohen lawyer Stephen Ryan wrote on Feb. 8, 2018.