MORE had been caught paying hush money to a porn star.
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Paying hush money to prevent a salacious story from being made public is entirely lawful.
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These actions would include paying hush money to accusers, failure to report campaign contributions and ordinary economic activities.
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Cohen has already admitted to paying hush money to two women who claimed they had affairs with Trump.
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The latter included paying hush money to silence two women who said they had sexual encounters with Trump.
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Absent something extra like paying hush money to somebody or lying to a government investigator it just simply is not obstruction.
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Cohen was involved therefore in some of the most delicate situations in Trump's world -- including paying hush money to women making allegations about affairs. 6.
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" As part of his plea bargain, Cohen admitted to paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, "at the direction of the candidate.
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Also on Tuesday, Trump's former personal attorney and "fixer," Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight federal crimes, including paying hush money to women during the 2016 campaign.
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The National Enquirer had admitted to paying hush money to help U.S. President Donald Trump get elected and been accused of attempting to blackmail Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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As special counsel, he helped uncover evidence that President Trump had repeatedly broken the law, including paying hush money to two women and interfering in the Russia investigation.
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If The Enquirer's parent company broke the law, it would be in violation of a nonprosecution agreement over its paying hush money to help President Trump in 2016.
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President Donald Trump led a National Day of Prayer event Thursday, just hours after he disclosed that he reimbursed his lawyer for paying hush money to a porn star.
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Upon investigation, federal officials determined he was paying hush money to an alleged victim of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred when Hastert was a wrestling coach and teacher in Illinois.
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Earlier this month, prosecutors accused Hastert of paying hush money to at least one individual he had molested while he was a high school wrestling coach decades ago in Illinois.
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He pleaded guilty to eight fraud-related charges last August, including two counts of violating campaign finance laws for paying hush money to two women with whom Trump had extramarital affairs.
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Politically, however, the president of the United States has acknowledged paying hush money to a porn actress and acknowledged that he knowingly and willfully lied to the press when asked about it.
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Federal prosecutors have implicated Trump in a scheme to violate campaign finance laws by paying hush money to two women for their silence regarding alleged affairs with Trump just weeks before the election.
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Cohen's tasks, in Trump's service, have included paying hush money to keep embarrassing details of the boss's life out of the press and menacing anyone whom he considered a threat to the Trump mystique.
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Okun noted comments by Jerry Nadler, the expected chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, that Trump may have committed "impeachable offenses" if he's found to have a hand in paying hush money to several women.
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For Israeli leaders, the fuel and cash flowing into Gaza — both donated by Qatar — give the appearance that they are paying hush money to Hamas, their hated enemy, responsible for many deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians.
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Trump's long-time friend David Pecker, who publishes the National Enquirer, and Trump organization CFO Allen Weisselberg have both been granted immunity in connection with the investigation of Cohen and Trump paying hush money to help the 2016 campaign.
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The special counsel investigation uncovered a scheme between the president and his former lawyer Michael D. Cohen to violate campaign finance laws by paying hush money to an adult-film actress who alleged an affair with Mr. Trump, which he denies.
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President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight federal crimes yesterday, the most incendiary of them related to paying hush money to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, women with whom Trump allegedly had affairs, ahead of the 2016 election.
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A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, to three years in prison over what the judge called a "veritable smorgasbord" of crimes, most important, paying hush money to two women who said they slept with his ex-boss.
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With Trump dogged by scandals that include allegations of sexual assault and paying hush money to a porn star, the would-be Democratic gavel holders see an opening on the campaign trail, vowing the tough oversight they say has been neglected under Republican rule.
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The circumstances surrounding Cohen's guilty pleas suggest that special counsel Robert Mueller and Southern District of New York federal prosecutors believe Cohen and Trump broke the law in paying hush money to former Playboy model Karen McDougal and porn star Stephanie Clifford, aka Stormy Daniels.
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All this comes just days after prosecutors announced that they believed that Mr. Trump had conspired with the owner of The National Enquirer and his fixer Michael Cohen to violate campaign finance laws by paying hush money to two women who said they had affairs with him.
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What good then is the attorney-client privilege if the fact that you hired an attorney like Michael Cohen who seems to be particularly adept at paying "hush money" to the alleged paramours of prominent married men may appear at any time in tabloids and other media outlets?
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On the recording, Mr. Batista said he had been paying hush money to Eduardo Cunha — the former speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, who has been jailed since last year for his role in the graft scheme — and Lúcio Funaro, who also figured in the Cunha case.
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Dennis Hastert, the former Republican congressman from Illinois who rose to become the speaker of the house from 1999 to 2007, was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 months in federal prison on charges related to paying hush money to men he sexually abused decades ago, when he was their wrestling coach.
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When they were in charge, you had House Republicans informally observing the Hastert rule— named for the former speaker Dennis Hastert, who was carted off to prison for paying hush money to a former student he'd sexually abused — which says bills can come to the floor only if a majority of the Republicans support them.
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When the lawyer's digs were first raided, it seemed fairly clear that at least part of the feds' interest was Cohen's role in paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a model named Karen MacDougal, who both had alleged affairs with Trump and then been paid for their silence before the 2016 election.
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And in the era of #MeToo, Ms. Pelosi, a mother of five and grandmother of nine, will be the public face of the opposition to a president who won the White House after disparaging women, and paying hush money to a Playboy model and a pornographic film actress who said they had extramarital affairs with him.
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F.B.I. agents raided the home and offices of Mr. Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen this week; according to the Department of Justice, he is under criminal investigation by the Southern District of New York, and he may face charges of bank and wire fraud for paying hush money to prevent news of past sexual affairs from becoming public during the election.
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Trump has been committing arguably impeachable offenses since the moment he entered the Oval Office," they wrote, going on to reference the president&aposs "acceptance of foreign money at his many businesses, his violations of campaign-finance law in paying hush money to a woman who claimed to have had a sexual affair with him, and his obstructions of justice in the Russia investigation.
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The committee, led by Mr. Cummings, issued the subpoena after it came to light that Mr. Trump had failed to list on his ethics disclosure forms a debt that he owed and then repaid to his former lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, for paying hush money to a pornographic actress just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair she claimed to have had with Mr. Trump.
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In addition to examining episodes of possible obstruction laid out by Mueller, Nadler has announced that his committee will look into accusations that Trump violated campaign finance laws by paying hush money to two women claiming they had affairs with him more than a decade ago; that he's profited from government trips in which administration officials used taxpayer dollars to stay at his family-owned properties; and that he's offered to pardon border officials if they broke the law to discourage an influx of Central American migrants.
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The Trump White House has frequently been accused by critics of a poor track record on women's issues, such as having a relatively low proportion of female Cabinet secretaries and appointees; overlooking domestic abuse allegations about staff secretary Rob Porter until the media publicized them; and the president's lawyer paying "hush money" to an adult-film actress to keep quiet about her affair with President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE.
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This led to James Monroe, Congressmen Muhlenberg (PA) and Venable (VA) confronting the Treasury Secretary on December 15, 1792. Hamilton denied any financial wrongdoing but admitted to an affair with the wife Maria and paying hush money to her husband. The Republicans agreed to keep the matter confidential and it did not become public until 1797.
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On December 17, 2017, Jerry Richardson, the Panthers' founding owner, announced he was putting the team up for sale. Richardson had previously indicated the team would be put up for sale after his death,Source: Richardson mandates Panthers be sold after death . WBTV, January 16, 2013 but Richardson was accused of paying hush money to cover up questionable conduct, including racial slurs and sexually suggestive requests of employees, hastening Richardson's decision. The Panthers' lease on Bank of America Stadium expires after the 2018 season, which would allow any incoming owner to relocate the team out of Charlotte, North Carolina, to another market if they so desired, only being liable for the remaining debt from stadium renovation.
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On December 17, 2017, Jerry Richardson, owner of the Carolina Panthers, announced he was putting the team up for sale. Richardson had previously indicated the team would be put up for sale after his death (since his only living son left the team in 2009),Source: Richardson mandates Panthers be sold after death. WBTV, January 16, 2013 but an exposé in Sports Illustrated accused Richardson of paying hush money to cover up questionable conduct, including racial slurs and sexually suggestive requests of employees, hastening Richardson's decision. The Panthers' lease on Bank of America Stadium expires after the 2018 season, which would allow any incoming owner to relocate the team out of the Carolinas to another market of their choice without penalty if they so desired.
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