If Trump paid of these women to spare his wife from embarrassment, it is not for the purpose of a campaign. It may also be for the purpose of the campaign, but it is not the primary reason.
John Edwards paid his mistress hush money with campaign fund donations. He was indicted, and found not guilty by the jury in a Federal Court. I hope they have fun trying to indict Trump for reimbursing his lawyer from his own pocket
If Trump had actually paid with his own money, he’d be in the clear. But that is not what happened. Michael Cohen, who was working for the campaign, paid off one of the accusers with his own money (via a fraudulently acquired home equity loan), then he got money from AMI, the publisher of the National Enquirer to pay the other accuser. So these are pretty clearly illegal campaign donations (based on the amount of money), which is why Cohen is going to jail. We know Trump knew about this happening because Cohen is a rat and recorded private conversations about it. Ultimately, is this an impeach worthy offense? No. Does it have anything to do with collusion? No. Will Democrats try to impeach over this? They could, but if they are smart they’ll avoid the backlash and just use it a political issue in 2020.
Correct but payment not illegal if campaign paid would have been illegal