Why hush money Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels was an illegal campaign donation

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WASHINGTON – Confused about how hush money payments orchestrated by Michael Cohen to protect President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign can be considered violations of campaign finance laws?

Join the club.

While some people are perplexed, others – including Trump – say the campaign charges are no big deal. Or they play the "what about" game and claim that President Barack Obama did the same thing.

Campaign finance experts Meredith McGehee, executive director of Issue One, a government reform group, and Erin Chlopak, senior legal counsel for campaign finance at the Campaign Legal Center, say the laws Cohen admitted violating are fundamental to the proper function of fair elections.

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Why are the hush money payments Cohen arranged considered illegal campaign contributions?

Because he admitted that the payments were intended to protect Trump's election chances, the $150,000 given to former Playboy model Karen McDougal in the summer and early fall of 2016 and the $130,000 that went to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in late October 2016 are deemed to be in-kind contributions to the Trump campaign.

They exceed the donation limits, a violation, and neither was included in campaign finance reports, another violation.

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[Pacifist Patriot]

1. I must be weird.

I understood immediately the hush money would constitute a campaign contribution and the multiple ways it is illegal seems obvious too.

[Hoyt]

2. If our laws aren't written to keep a candidate from fooling voters by paying hush money,

the laws darn sure need to be changed, or we need to find better judges to interpret the law.

It's clearly wrong, even if trump's defense team tries to say it's legal.