Claim: In 1998, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000 in hush money. In 1998, Clinton agreed to pay Jones $850,000 in order to settle a publicly disclosed lawsuit. Some people have attempted to draw a comparison between Clinton and Jones' negotiated settlement with hush-money payments made by Trump. Meanwhile, Clinton's payment was a legal settlement — the payment was made in lieu of further legal action against Clinton over Jones' allegations of sexual harassment. A more apt comparison to Trump's hush-money payment to Daniels would be the case of former Democratic Sen. John Edwards.

Source: New York Times June 05, 2024 02:17 UTC