Trump calls hush money a ‘simple transaction’
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WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Monday defended hush money payments reported by his former lawyer, responding a day after Democratic lawmakers said the US president could face impeachment and jail time if the transactions are proven to violate campaign finance laws.
Trump said on Twitter that Democrats were wrongly targeting “a simple private transaction.” Court filings last week drew renewed attention to six-figure payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign by Trump’s personal lawyer to two women so they would not discuss their alleged affairs with the candidate.
Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2018
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Dec 11, 2018 11:08pm
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