The Stormy Daniels scandal could be more perilous for Trump than the Russia investigation has been.
Is the $130,000 in hush money Donald Trump's personal lawyer paid to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election a campaign-finance violation? Probably, although it's a point of contention.
If the only matter under investigation were a potential campaign-finance violation that would normally not be grist for criminal prosecution, it would be outrageous to raid a lawyer's office.
When one reads the guidelines, one suspects that there must be more to the SDNY's investigation of Cohen than the Stormy Daniels transaction - a suspicion echoed in the aforementioned Times report, which describes the searches as "Related to several topics, including a payment to a pornographic film actress".
If the only matter under investigation were a potential campaign-finance violation that would normally not be grist for criminal prosecution, it would be outrageous to raid a lawyer's office - especially the president's lawyer.
Factually, both Cohen and Trump claim that the former did not tell the latter about the payment to Clifford; and that Cohen made the payment in his personal capacity, not as Trump's lawyer.
About two weeks ago, I tried to explain that the Stormy Daniels scandal could be more perilous for Trump than the Russia investigation has been: Even if it's not nearly as consequential as the specter of "Collusion" with a hostile foreign power, the porn-star payment undeniably happened.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/the-cohen-searches-and-trumps-de-mini-mess/
Is the $130,000 in hush money Donald Trump's personal lawyer paid to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election a campaign-finance violation? Probably, although it's a point of contention.
If the only matter under investigation were a potential campaign-finance violation that would normally not be grist for criminal prosecution, it would be outrageous to raid a lawyer's office.
When one reads the guidelines, one suspects that there must be more to the SDNY's investigation of Cohen than the Stormy Daniels transaction - a suspicion echoed in the aforementioned Times report, which describes the searches as "Related to several topics, including a payment to a pornographic film actress".
If the only matter under investigation were a potential campaign-finance violation that would normally not be grist for criminal prosecution, it would be outrageous to raid a lawyer's office - especially the president's lawyer.
Factually, both Cohen and Trump claim that the former did not tell the latter about the payment to Clifford; and that Cohen made the payment in his personal capacity, not as Trump's lawyer.
About two weeks ago, I tried to explain that the Stormy Daniels scandal could be more perilous for Trump than the Russia investigation has been: Even if it's not nearly as consequential as the specter of "Collusion" with a hostile foreign power, the porn-star payment undeniably happened.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/the-cohen-searches-and-trumps-de-mini-mess/
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