hush money
noun
: money paid so that someone will keep information secret : money that a person pays someone to hush something up
He's accused of paying her hush money to keep their affair secret.
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Trump cannot pardon himself in the hush money case because presidential clemency power only applies to federal cases.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Trump himself was convicted in a New York court last year in a case involving hush money payments.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
In that case, he was hit with 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels nearly two decades ago.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
Trump has also appealed his conviction in the hush money case, seeking to erase his criminal record.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Trump himself was convicted in a New York court last year in a case involving hush money payments.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
In that case, he was hit with 34 felony counts for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels nearly two decades ago.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
Trump has also appealed his conviction in the hush money case, seeking to erase his criminal record.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Hush money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush%20money. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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