[[I always thought that campaign contributions were funds given by donors to the campaign.]]
They aqren’t claimin it’s campaign contributions really, but rather that campaign funds went to pay off the women . Another thread made the statement that cohen might be claiming he was ordered to use campaign funds to pay the women off and apparently to falsify reports to the campaign fund managers- IF he is indeed claiming this though- He’ll need to prove it- Which is highly doubtful he can
Given that Mr. Trump put a good deal more of his own money into his campaign than the alleged total hush money payouts, it would seem to be necessary to have some awfully good proof - not just a plea bargain by Cohen - to prove that campaign money separate from Mr. Trump’s personal money - went to the hush money. And also that Hillary’s foundation didn’t illegally channel unreported, illegally sourced money in substantial amounts into her campaign.Mr. Trump denies that it was campaign funds, and that’s good enough for me. Well, it would be - not only did I vote for Trump knowing that by New Testament standards he is a bigamist, but my settled opinion is that, root and branch, “Campaign Finance Reform” is a violation of the First Amendment.
McConnell v. FEC was decided by a single vote, 5 to 4. The fifth vote was Sandra Day O’Connor. She, and two other members of that 5-4 majority - as well as all justices in the minority except Mr. Justice Thomas - are no longer sitting on SCOTUS. McConnell v. FEC should be relitigated.