A big system that's built on lies and backhanders and payoffs and hush money and political pressure and all that kind of murky stuff that's the glue to that sort of political world.

Source: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/itv-six-four-full-cast-27960564

A giant sign is seen displayed outside Manhattan Criminal Court after former U.S. President Donald Trump's indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in New York City, U.S., March 30, 2023.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/in-watershed-moment-trump-indictment-sets-us-on-uncertain-course/article_2140a6b6-4fc2-59c3-a88a-384325464786.html

Bragg’s case is built around accounting fraud, in the belief that Trump failed to properly record on his corporate income statements and balance sheets the hush money payments paid to a porn star (and others) during an election.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/07/trump-is-guilty-biden-should-resign/

Bragg's predecessor also examined the hush money scheme but did not bring charges.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/analysis-trump-indictment-on-hush-money-charges-brings-few-new-facts/article_a2056f56-c5ae-5d1f-8461-130c47c06ffc.html

But if New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg on charges related to his hush money payment to adult film star, it could threaten every other investigation against him.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/new-york-indict-trump-soon-case-riskier-appears-rcna75324

Cohen defended Bragg against accusations that the DA is dragging his feet in prosecuting Trump over his business practices and his hush money payments to the adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/michael-cohen-trump-bragg-rcna70094

Cohen later pleaded guilty to federal charges arising in part from the hush money scheme, but Mr Trump has not been charged despite Cohen’s in-court statements about having made the payments at Mr Trump’s direction.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/allen-weisselberg-donald-trump-more-charges-b2275284.html

Cohen was later convicted of tax fraud and campaign finance violations after admitting that he had provided hush money to Daniels and helped to arrange a similar payment to another woman, a Playboy model named Karen McDougal.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/how-trump-s-playboy-persona-came-back-to-haunt-him-20230402-p5cxdg.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world

Decorum being front and center in the same week that a former President Donald Trump was indicted on 34 felonies including paying a porn star hush money shows how painfully out of touch Republican messaging really is.

Source: https://ncnewsline.com/2023/04/11/with-expulsion-of-tennessee-black-lawmakers-republicans-lost-genz-heres-how/

Donald Trump departed Trump Tower ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2…

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/live/live-updates-donald-trump-set-for-historic-arraignment/article_371999d7-65ba-5bd0-ba6e-9faeb0852f4f.html

Ex-President Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to face criminal charges after a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict him on Thursday over his alleged role in 2016 hush money payments to Daniels, an adult-film star.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/b5237e4549101bd7?ref=ff

Former President Donald Trump was planning to leave Florida for New York on Monday for his expected charges stemming from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5480985/arizona-supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-reschedule-execution/

Former US President Donald Trump said he expects to be "arrested" on Tuesday over hush money allegedly paid to a porn star before the 2016 election, calling on his supporters to protest.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/donald-trump-says-expects-arrested-tuesday.1020109

He is also due to go on trial in March in relating to a hush money payment made to an adult film actress.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/07/28/trump-shows-in-iowa-he-still-rules-the-gop-despite-his-deepening-criminal-peril/

He is NOT being prosecuted because he made a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.

Source: https://themoderatevoice.com/current-gop-line-arresting-trump-would-blow-country-up/

He pays hush money for sexual affairs and it's not exactly something great for a candidate to do, but not that big a deal in the big picture.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/trump-to-deliver-remarks-tuesday-night-after-his-arraignment

However, that they “do not appear to include any kind of smoking gun pertaining to the hush money probe.”

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/robert-costello-grand-jury-trump-delay-rcna76321

In January, Manhattan prosecutors began presenting their case to a grand jury regarding Trump’s role in paying hush money to Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-we-know-about-trumps-legal-troubles/

In reality, the payments were just reimbursements for Cohen’s hush money payments.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/alvin-bragg-can-make-case-trump-committed-felonies-rcna78392

It marks the end of a years-long investigation into hush money paid to the adult movie star in 2016, allegedly to buy her silence about their affair.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11922225/Don-Jr-tears-crazed-weaponization-entire-federal-government-Trump-indicted.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490