This is most likely the most "dangerous" charge that may impact Trump. But seeing that many other politicians charged with campaign finance violations for larger amounts simply pay a fine to the FEC and nothing is done -- and that John Edwards got off for actually using campaign money (rather than his own) to pay off his mistress --- I don't think Trump has anything to really fear.
I never followed the Edwards case, so I'm not qualified to comment on it. However I have followed Trumps misdeeds closely. Trump has mostly avoided personal liability via the structure of his fiascoes. He brags, and lies of course, about never settling out of court. The truth is just the opposite. The many law violations of his businesses are encyclopedic, and these are just the violations where he's been caught. Here are just a few of the instances where he's been caught and had to pay fines or restitution. There was for example the violations of the fair Housing Act, the 106 violations of money laundering by his casino, the Trump "University" fraud, the fraudulent Donald J. Trump Foundation, and on and on forever it would seem...I've barely scratched the surface.
They say the apple does not fall far from the tree-- Certainly true in trump's case. Crime runs in his family, starting with his Grandfather, then his father, Fred , and now Trump. Trump differs from his granddad and his father in having a severe mental disorder and in the much larger number of his businesses that went belly up, some almost immediately, leaving his investors holding the bag. There is a reason no U.S. Bank would loan him more money, and he became totally dependent on foreign money.. ("Hey, Donald, you get that Magnitski Act nullified and the Sanctions lifted and we can do a deal.) At the time of one of his bankruptcies he owned 72 banks money! Yikes!
I understand why people that knew little about Trump's background or his mental disorder might have cast their ballot for him in 2016 to voice their disapproval of dysfunction in Washington and as a rejection of the Democrat's candidate. It's especially understandable considering there was a massive media campaign by Russian Hackers to spread dis-information about his rival 'That's all understandable. But voting for Trump turned out to be a dumb mistake. Trump has done nothing but create chaos and disharmony in Washington and the world. He has continued his long established pattern of bad decisions, and prizing loyalty and flattery beyond competence.. While it might have been excusable to vote for the man in 2016, it is inexcusable now for any American, regardless of their politics, to
continue to defend, support and vote for such a low life.
https://www.clearinghouse.net/chDocs/public/FH-NY-0024-0034.pdf
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-money-laundering-and-the-trump-taj-mahal
etc. etc. etc.