Bragg has also attempted to label this payment as hush money
The fact that the case is baseless had no effect on Bragg. Even though the Southern District of New York prosecutors and the FEC looked into Trump’s so-called campaign violations. Both “declined to pursue the case because Trump used his own money, not campaign finance money, and because reimbursing someone for a hush-money payment does not fit the definition of an in-kind campaign contribution.”
“In fact, candidates do not have to disclose expenses that would have been incurred even if no campaign existed; it is highly likely that Trump would have paid Daniels regardless just to avoid any marital strife or embarrassment to himself and his family Yoo, a Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, and Shu, a legal scholar and commentator who served in the administrations of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, co-wrote the article.
Bragg has also attempted to label this payment as hush money. However, there is a long list of famous leftists who have demanded such nondisclosure agreements. Celebrities such as Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and Tiger Woods, have faced their fair share of scrutiny in the public eye.
For instance, when Representative Nancy Pelosi referred to fellow Democrat John Conyers as an "icon" after he resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct, she faced criticism for praising a man who was accused of violating the body of his aide, Marion Brown, and soliciting sex from her. Brown was forced to sign a nondisclosure agreement, but she later broke it to tell her story.