Fer fuck's sake, does this mean the story is true?

[Aviation Pro]

This now has a whiff, no stench of being true that Motherfucker has a "little brown one" wandering around.

[Johnny2X2X]

1. No way Trump was paying off people with false stories

If there's no truth to it, just let them tke it to the media, it won't get run without some evidence.

[Kennah]

2. Validity of the story does not matter in terms of the criminal charges

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. The payoff was real, the doorman's story almost certainly was not

According to reporting I’ve read from multiple sources.

[Happy Hoosier]

4. It is certainly heavily implied.

I think there is no way Trump would pay people off for stories that could not be proven.

Bullshit stories run in tabloids all the time. No way Trump would pay someone off unless they could prove the story. It's not like Trump didn't play up the image that he was a lady's man. It would only be a problem if something like that could be proven...

[Aviation Pro]

5. Or it means the child is not the byproduct of consensual sex

But rapey-rapey, which more fits Motherfucker's life narrative.

[Happy Hoosier]

6. Possibly...

When there is a massive imbalance of power, consent becomes a pretty hazy issue. If the woman involved felt her job was on the line, coersion is a very real issue.

[grumpyduck]

7. At the risk of being flamed,

I'm going to say that it could be a juicy piece if information, but that it probably has nothing to do with the case.

[Aviation Pro]

8. Has nothing to do with this case

But, who knows about the future?

[thucythucy]

9. Well, perhaps only in the sense that it shows a pattern

and makes it more believable that Trump would also make a pay off as alleged in the case being tried.

[grumpyduck]

10. There again, the payoff is not in question.

It's just where the money came from.

Sure, it may lead to another "hush money" trial, but right now I just want this one to be over and see that piece of excrement behind bars.

[thucythucy]

11. I thought Trump was denying he knew anything about a payoff,

and that that's his defense for allegedly falsify his business records.

I would think that if it could be shown he willingly and knowingly made other payoffs, it undermines his defense that he would never knowingly do such a thing. Which then throws into doubt his contention that he didn't falsify his records, which is what the prosecution is charging.

But you're probably right.

[czarjak]

12. "Take care of if Michael."?

Every time I'm guessing. ("Now go take out a mortgage on your home..&quot And the good little servant did. F-Michael Cohen. Still!

[Talitha]

13. DNA test on father and child would determine the truth.

No idea how the samples cold be obtained, though.

[Torchlight]

14. For consistency's sake, I just presume the worst about trump

and if it turns out to be one of the few times he didn't reach a new low, I guess it's something I'll just have to live with.