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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
But Trump did not pay the National Enquirer owner to do that and Trump did not pay him back for his admission of suppressing a story that may or may not have been damaging to his election.
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A payment made on the behalf of a Presidential candidate and/or their campaign is actually considered to be a campaign contribution under the election laws and failure to report such payments is a violation of those laws, regardless of whether there was repayment or direction by the the candidate. Further, if AMI and Trump discussed the payment(s) and the circumvention of the applicable laws, charges of basic criminal conspiracy may attach. The fact that AMI "admitted to "working in concert" with the Trump campaign to pay off a woman who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump in order to squash her story" is an admission of a conspiracy (or, if you will, collusion) by one of the principals in the case; the fact that Cohen was actively involved with AMI in the conspiracy and that other member(s) of the Trump campaign were also involved does not bode well for Trump. If you really want to see the meat of the matter, here is a a link to a PDF of the actual agreement between AMI and the US Attorney's Office , Southern District, New York:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...19501/download
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