“This is actually from the charging document. ‘The first check was paid by the Defendant’s Trust and signed by Trump Organization CFO and the Defendant’s son, as trustees.’ This is not the kinda thing you do if you’re trying to hide something, if you’re trying to deceive. I just–and by the way, is that son you or Eric? Did you know about this part?”
“A-A-Actually, th-th-tha-that son is me,” Junior gleefully proclaims. “An-a And like I said, clearly not a campaign finance violation if it’s from his own trust.”
Well, yeah, Junior. It actually would be an explicit campaign finance violation if the candidate spends his own money on a campaign expense and fails to report it. That’s literally against the law. But let’s look at the larger issues here: either Junior didn’t know what the money the Trust was paying to Michael Cohen was for, demonstrating that the true reason for the payout was a secret and not a legitimate business expense but done to keep the affair a secret…. Or Junior DID know that the check he was signing was to cover the costs of his father’s illicit instantaneous extramarital affair he had with a porn star while his second stepmother–who, incidentally, is two years younger than Junior’s fiance, his Oedipal substitute for his current stepmother.