Stormy Daniels Lawyer Denies Payment Was ‘Hush Money’ in Trump Trial by Jack Phillips – US Politics News

A lawyer who was involved in the negotiations for agreements between former President Donald Trump and two women pushed back on prosecutors’ claims that it was a “hush-money” payment during a court appearance on Thursday.
Keith Davidson, who negotiated agreements related to adult performer Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, and model Karen McDougal, disputed Manhattan prosecutor Joshua Steinglass’s language. “It wasn’t a ‘payout’ and it wasn’t ‘hush money.’ It was consideration in a civil settlement,” Mr. Davidson, who was called in as a witness, said Thursday.
“Would you use the phrase hush money to describe the money that was paid to your client by Donald Trump?” Mr. Steinglass asks. “I would never use that word,” he said before Mr. Steinglass asked him what word he would use instead. “Consideration,” Mr. Davidson said in response, adding that it was like a contract in which someone pays to mow their lawn….