Hush money

Trump is facing sentencing today regarding the hush money trial. In 2006 Trump was accused of having an affair with Stormy Daniels which he denied. His lawyer paid Miss Daniels $130,000 to secure her silence on the issue as it was brought into public attention just before his 2016 election. When Trump repaid his attorney the money was recorded as a legal expense. This hush payment is a misdemeanor but the district attorney claimed that Trump called this a legal expense to cover up another crime which was a felony. The other crime was a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through the hush money payment. It resulted in 34 counts as follows, 11 for invoices on legal services, 11 on checks paid for illegal services and 12 for leger entries for legal expenses. The attempt to influence the election is based on the January 6 riot at the Capital building. The judge just gave his sentence of unconditional discharge which means a crime was committed but no punishment is given.