"If the payment were “wholly personal, as in made to help Trump’s marriage but not his campaign,” it would not amount to a campaign finance violation, according to Richard Hasen, election law expert at the University of California at Irvine."
Again, the prosecutors would have to prove that Trump knowingly and willingly used CAMPAIGN funds to BENEFIT the campaign.
Serious question.
Trump buys a new suit for the debate against Hillary. Does he have to report said purchase?
Giuliani made explicit what everyone suspected: The payment was to help Trump’s election bid by preventing the story of the affair from being public. In an interview with Sean Hannity, Giuliani declared: “Imagine if it came out on October 15, 2016, in the middle of the last debate with Hillary Clinton. Cohen didn’t even ask. Cohen made it go away. He did his job.”
Oops.