Melania Trump Privately Called Husband's Hush Money Trial A 'Disgrace,' NYT Reports
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The former first lady reportedly shares Donald Trump's opinion that the case constitutes election interference.
Melania Trump has called the hush money trial against her husband, Donald Trump, a “disgrace” that amounts to election interference, according to The New York Times.
The former first lady made the remarks in private, New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers reported, citing a person with knowledge of the comments who would not speak publicly out of fear of jeopardizing their personal relationship with the Trumps.
The trial centers around a 2016 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, an adult film star who claims she had an affair with Donald Trump a decade earlier. The former president is accused of falsifying business records to obscure the transactions.
In January 2018, The Wall Street Journal broke the news about the $130,000 payment to Daniels. Melania Trump was reportedly furious.
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