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Salon
Politics
Igor Derysh

Expert: Trump "defense is a confession"

Former President Donald Trump's defense in the investigation into a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels may not be as strong as his lawyers think it is, legal experts say.

Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney's office are nearing a potential indictment of the former president in connection with the 2016 payment, which may have run afoul of state campaign finance laws. Trump attorney Joe Tacopina on Monday argued that "there was no campaign law violation at all" because Trump is an "extortion victim in the case."

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