Trump Issues Urgent Warning to Others Paying Hush Money to Porn Stars

Donald Trump appears to be under the impression that many Americans could, like him, find themselves being convicted of felonies for attempting to hide a hush-money payment to a porn star to stop her going public with salacious claims of an extramarital one-night stand ultimately as a means of protecting their presidential campaigns.

At least, that’s the implication of a furious Truth Social post from Trump on Friday morning following his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records relating to his scheme to silence Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election. “IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ME,” Trump wrote, “IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE!”

His claim of having been convicted in a prosecution which anybody could face was actually the bizarre conclusion of a rant in which the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee continued to deflect responsibility for his actions—despite a jury finding him guilty.

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