Posted on Apr 7, 2023
A history of U.S. presidents and hush money payments
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Former President Donald Trump is now the first president in U.S. history to be arraigned on charges of falsifying business records as part of a cover-up of payments to an adult film star with whom he allegedly had an extramarital affair.
Or, a hush money scheme.
It's a concise shorthand for a practice that's sometimes legal: One person tries to persuade another through the use of cash or goods to keep quiet about something unsavory.
Trump may be the most recent U.S president implicated in hush money scandal — but he's not the first.
In terms of its origins, most scholars attribute the two-word phrase to Richard Steele, a politician, playwright and journalist who often wrote about morality and how people should conduct themselves in respectable society.
Or, a hush money scheme.
It's a concise shorthand for a practice that's sometimes legal: One person tries to persuade another through the use of cash or goods to keep quiet about something unsavory.
Trump may be the most recent U.S president implicated in hush money scandal — but he's not the first.
In terms of its origins, most scholars attribute the two-word phrase to Richard Steele, a politician, playwright and journalist who often wrote about morality and how people should conduct themselves in respectable society.
A history of U.S. presidents and hush money payments
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American History
Scandal
Donald Trump
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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Simply amazing this is a case. Hush payments are legal and no campaign funds were involved. Simply a BS nothing burger.
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And opened a pandoras box for future prosecutions of democrats. They think this is a good thing, but the public is against this precedent. One more miscalculation by the left and the idiot DA's backed by Soros.
They broke each payment into a separate indictment to increase the punishment. Really pathetic for a single original charge, just because Trump repaid in installments.
They broke each payment into a separate indictment to increase the punishment. Really pathetic for a single original charge, just because Trump repaid in installments.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PV2 Larry Sellnow - They think they're being Clever with the "Soros" Claim, Just a Way of Being Anti-Semitic without being Blatant About It.
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