If the State of NY investigated Trump ever since 2016 (or before), and all they can do is dust off an already failed scandal about paying someone to be quiet about an affair, then it's painfully obvious to anyone with a positive IQ there's nothing there.
Daniels' crooked lawyer, Avenatti, argued that the agreement Daniels signed was not binding because Trump didn't sign it. It's apparent her fraud of a lawyer doesn't understand contracts. When she accepted the $130K "hush money", that was called "consideration" -- no different than giving a lawyer a retainer to protect your client rights. She signed the contract promising to stay quiet, and she received the payment as consideration for her agreement. That makes the contract enforceable.
If i were Trump, I'd sue her for breach of contract. He seems to have ignored her in order to allow the craziness she and her sideshow lawyer were drumming up. If this hits the fan again, I think he should punish her by exercising his rights in the contract.
Anyway, I don't see anything in the law that makes it illegal to pay for silence unless the silence involves a witness to a crime. If adultery is a crime in NY, a lot of political leaders better run for cover.
Calling it "hush money" directly implies it was to cover up a crime. Just more Democrat BS to shut down his political career.
Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in prison
for stealing millions of dollars from clientshttps://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/politics/michael-avenatti-prison-sentence-client-embezzlement/index.html