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Not really, if Trump ordered Cohen to pay hush money, then it is NOT a crime.
It is only a crime, if Cohen acting on his own paid Hush money with no expectation of reimbursement,
because it could then be viewed as an undocumented campaign contribution.
A candidate is allowed to spend as much of his own money on his campaign as he wants to , and for whatever
legal purpose he wants to, and paying hush money is legal.
One could almost say that the special prosecutor is suborning perjury, by allowing Cohen to plead
guilty to something that they know is not a crime.
The payments did not appear in the FEC filings.