Paying someone to not “sell” their story to a media outlet is not illegal. But how you secure the funds, etc... lying on loan application, then lying on setting up an LLC to pass the money, then using campaign funds to reimburse, then conspiring to cover up the money trail is “conspiracy” and a federal crime..... this could be the lynch pin on Trump. Mueller is no dummy. He’s a scumbag, but no dummy.
“this could be the lynch pin on Trump”
Trump’s bill payers got a bill from Trump’s lawyer. One of them paid the bill. No possible crime from paying a lawyer’s bill.
Lawyers’ bills have got to get paid.
Stiff your lawyer and you’ll get sued.
The bill might have listed:
100 hours at $300/hour $30,000
payment to claimant SD settle dispute $130,000
postage and photocopying $56.20
government fees $150.00
total $160,206.20
This bill is due and payable upon receipt.
Quite a trail there to get to a conspiracy to defeat a campaign law. All it requires is the testimony of the convicted felon and scum bag lawyer to make it so. BTW, I thought Trump paid his own money to reimburse the shylock.