Revealed: Trump lawyers’ last-ditch effort to stop him from being prosecuted for Stormy payments

The Guardian’s Hugo Lowell is reporting that attorneys representing former President Donald Trump made a last-ditch effort to stop their client from being prosecuted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office over hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. According to Lowell, the attorneys argued to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg that Trump would have made the hush-money payments to Daniels even if he weren’t running for president, as they were simply intended to save trouble with his marriage to Melania Trump. However, Lowell writes that “Trump may face an uphill struggle with those a…

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