Trump calls Michael Cohen payouts 'private transaction,’ denies campaign contributions (trunc.)

Fox News ^ | Dec. 12, 2018 | Edmjnd DeMarche

[libstripper]

President Trump on Monday denied the hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election were campaign contributions, instead calling them a "simple private transaction.”

“So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution,” Trump tweeted.

[taildragger]

"How about the money that Congress has paid out to “quiet” the escapades of Congress folks. When will their names be published?"

Do we have tax payers have standing to sue for that and will Judicial Watch take up the cause?

[MarMema]

I hate the media so much.

[knarf]

Everyone calling this out is complicit in their OWN indescretions

[PhiloBedo]

“No legal controlling authority”?

[ridesthemiles]

How about releasing all the names & other information about the Congress Critters who used TAXPAYER money to pay off sexual charges??/ Over $17 MILLION, IIRC.

[Kickass Conservative]

Edwards used Campaign Money given to him by some Rich Old Democrat Woman as I recall. Nothing to see here.

[oincobx]

>>>Its not hush money when the women went to Candidate Trump for the pay off, we call that extortion.

How can it be extortion if the President didn’t know about it?

On March 7, speaking at the daily press briefing, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Trump did not know about any payments to Stormy Daniels.