“the district attorney will attempt to frame the payments as part of Trump’s more expansive plot to suppress negative stories that could cost him the 2016 race”
If that’s a crime, then we need to lock EVERY politician up.
Having used the full might of American intelligence agencies, the FBI, lawyers, and surrogates in the media to suppress and discredit the content of his son's laptop leading up to the 2020 election, this case must have Joe Biden shaking in his slippers. /S
Of course, you could say the same about the suppression and discrediting of Hillary's e-mails.