In the recent FBI raid on Cohen's office, documents were found suggesting an affair between the President and Stormy Daniels. Daniels was paid $130,000 as "hush money" and Trump claimed to have no knowledge of the payment. Recently, however, it was uncovered that Trump reimbursed Cohen for over $100,000, which suggests he not only knew about the payment but lied to the public about it. His financial reports last June (after the time of the payment) did not show Trump's reimbursement of Cohen, which, if willful, is a federal crime.
Transparency is important in any government, and the situation that is developing in the United States mirrors the credibility gap that was opened in the 60s and 70s because of President's failures to report on the situation in Vietnam. The Pentagon Papers, Iran-Contra Scandal, the bombing runs in Cambodia all contributed to this. This time, our President's failure to report his finances and his affair are causing the already wide gape to be forced further open.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/17/politics/trump-disclosure-cohen-payments/index.html
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