Trump calls hush money a ‘simple transaction’

Published December 11, 2018
Democrats are wrongly targeting  “a simple private transaction,” tweets US President Donald Trump. — AFP/File
Democrats are wrongly targeting “a simple private transaction,” tweets US President Donald Trump. — AFP/File

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Monday defended hush money payments repo­rted by his former lawyer, responding a day after Dem­o­cratic lawmakers said the US president could face impea­chment and jail time if the transactions are pro­ven to violate campaign finance laws.

Trump said on Twitter that Democrats were wrongly targeting “a simple private transaction.” Court filings last week drew renewed attention to six-figure payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign by Trump’s personal lawyer to two women so they would not discuss their alleged affairs with the candidate.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2018

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