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How the payment made to Stormy Daniels could violate campaign-finance law. Plus “the first porn president,” the university that serves poor students best, and more.
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Payment Pains: Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is now a member of President Trump’s legal team, told Fox News that Trump had reimbursed his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment made to the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. Here’s a rundown of the White House’s statements about the money. Giuliani’s comments suggest that the payment was made to protect Trump’s campaign from Daniels’s allegations of an affair with the then-candidate—meaning that the deal may have violated campaign-finance law. In tonight’s Evening Read, Caitlin Flanagan reflects on how Daniels could bring Trump down.
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