Former President Donald Trump could be indicted any day now for paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep their alleged affair a secret. Sleazy, yes. But criminal? Doubtful.
A Secret Service agent guards the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump said on social media that he expects to be arrested in connection with a hush-money scheme involving adult film actress Stormy Daniels.One of the arguments made in favor of Donald Trump’s expected indictment by a New York grand jury is that John Edwards faced prosecution under very similar circumstances.
According to Andrew Young, Edwards’ then-aide, two wealthy Edwards donors paid Hunter $925,000 to buy her silence about the affair. One of those donors, Bunny Mellon, allegedly sent checks hidden in boxes of chocolates, and Young passed those payments on to Hunter. It’s a tough legal argument to make, particularly because politicians in those situations can claim they were making the payments to save their family public embarrassment or to prevent their spouses from knowing about the alleged infidelities, not to benefit their campaigns.
In 2011, Melanie Sloan, a progressive who was then executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, questioned why federal officials were devoting precious resources to the Edwards case. Conservative free-speech advocate David Keating offered an assessment that could just as easily be applied to the Trump case:Submit a Letter to the Editor
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