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One month before the 2016 election, Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen paid hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels so she would deny having an affair with Trump in 2006 (Trump married Melania in 2005). Trump reimbursed Cohen for the hush money.

Trump falsified business records to hide the payments and committed fraud by labeling them as "legal expenses" for the Trump Organization. Because the payments were made in order to protect Trump's 2016 presidential election, they violated campaign finance laws and became to felonies.

References

• People v Donald J. Trump (nycourts.gov)
• Trump is found guilty on 34 felony counts. Read the counts here (npr.org)