'A Simple Private Transaction': Trump Lays Out a Defense in a Campaign-Finance Case (Published 2018)
By Charlie Savage
Trump's “Obama did it too” legal defense does not work.
By Richard L. Hasen
Trump: Payments to silence women were a 'simple private transaction,' not illegal campaign contributions
By John Wagner
Andrew C. McCarthy: Why Trump is likely to be indicted by Manhattan US Attorney
By Andrew C McCarthy
Prosecutors Say Trump Directed Illegal Payments During Campaign (Published 2018)
By Maggie Haberman, Benjamin Weiser & Sharon LaFraniere