It is never going to go to court. This is all political theater. So they can say whatever they want. Cohen appears to have committed some crimes of his own, unrelated to Trump, and due to his proximity to Trump the machine ground him up. He was guilty of some things, and that is all they needed to make political hay.
Paying hush money is not a crime at all. It has nothing to do with campaign contributions. They are simply trying to influence public perception with this story “Trump was a candidate for POTUS, this story would cause him political damage, so Trump asked the lawyer paid the woman to keep quiet, and that is a campaign contribution because they did it for political reasons”.
But this logic leaves out a lot of facts. I think (but cannot verify all these assertions): Cohen paid from his client’s retainer fund. Trump reimbursed Cohen with personal, not campaign funds. The logic that this was done to influence the election is a presumption unless proven, most everyone thought Trump was going to lose the election anyway and Trump has a business brand to protect that has nothing to do with politics, so the hush money could just as well have been to protect his name and his brand. And, how many times has Trump paid women to be quiet? I bet this is not the first and that suggests that it is something routine he would have done in any case - I imagine all kinds of billionaire’s get blackmailed, especially the more flamboyant and playboy types.
So this is all about politics, not law, imo.
Agree 100%.