So let's say I'm the President and I like whores. Just a hypothetical. I'm not really the President and I'm not into whores. This story has no particular relevance mind you. In fact, I have no idea why I'm posting this in the political forum.
Anyhew, so this whore says she is going to talk if I don't pay her, so I pay her a lot of money.
Isn't that blackmail?
I will now await the super duper smart lawyer types that run our country who can distinguish between porn and prostitution, cuz porn is artsy and all, so it should be legal while prostitution has no real artistic value, therefore, it should not be legal. In fact, it's just yucky. So the next time any of you want to hire a prostitute just film it and I reckon they can't arrest you.
Damn they are so smart it almost makes me want to cry.
In fact, it does.
It is, but Cohen setting up a nondisclosure agreement for Stormy Daniels' silence in exchange for money is perfectly legal and quite common. So, if the angle is that Stormy Daniels is blackmailing Trump, I don't see it.
Either way, the Get-Trump Mafia is barking up an empty tree. The Stormy story has embarrassment value only for Trup. They may have a campaign finance violation on Cohen, but if Trump paid him for the contract, the only thing the Get-Trump Mafia has is embarrassment and maybe proof that Trump lied to the press, but that is not perjury.
Trump is a lying whoremonger.
So, in essence, Trump is Bill Clinton minus perjury.