Toobin on Hush Money: ‘Difficult Case To Make’ That ‘Trump Engaged in a Criminal Conspiracy’

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TOOBIN: “Well, I take a lot more cautious line than Michael Avenatti does. The argument that it is a crime is that the “National Enquirer” knew that this money paid to both stormy Daniels and the other woman were — well, no. It’s the money that went to the other woman, the playboy model, was a campaign contribution. That that was the — that was the purpose of this money. And that Donald Trump conspired to make an illegal campaign contribution in the form of this $130,000. That is an argument that has not been made in successful criminal prosecutions so far. It’s an unusual situation, so maybe it will be made. But I think it is a difficult criminal case to make that this was a campaign contribution, and Donald Trump engaged in a criminal conspiracy to make this campaign contribution. It’s not out of the question, but you would need to know a lot more facts, if, for example, there are tapes. If the president acknowledged on those tapes that he knew this was an illegal campaign that might change the factual situation. But it’s certainly worthy of more investigation. I’m not prepared to say it’s a crime, based on this.”