Fact Check: About Those Comparisons Between Trump and Clinton on ‘Hush-Money’ Payments

While the two events might initially appear similar — two former presidents paying money to women with whom they had sexual relations — it is important to acknowledge the full context surrounding the two events. When that context is taken into consideration, the two events stop looking similar.

The largest and most important difference is that Clinton and Jones mutually reached an out-of-court settlement stipulating that Jones would receive $850,000; Trump privately arranged his payments in order to keep Daniels from speaking publicly in the first place.

Source: Fact Check: About Those Comparisons Between Trump and Clinton on ‘Hush-Money’ Payments

If you want to split hairs to try to find a distinction between these two scenarios, how about I also point out that Jones was accusing Clinton of sexual assault, and whatever interaction Daniels had with Trump, it was at least consensual. So, you’re absolutely right, Jack Izzo of Snopes, these two cases aren’t very similar at all, are they?

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