It's crazy. My understanding is this, the payment was to ensure silence, the silence itself was a campaign contribution, because it took place during the 2016 campaign, that supposed campaign contribution (again, silence, not money) was not declared in Trump's official campaign contribution paperwork. So, Trump's lawyer paid OUT money which resulted in an unreported contribution to the campaign, thus illegal. It's all BS.
It's crazy. My understanding is this, the payment was to ensure silence, the silence itself was a campaign contribution, because it took place during the 2016 campaign, that supposed campaign contribution (again, silence, not money) was not declared in Trump's official campaign contribution paperwork. So, Trump's lawyer paid OUT money which resulted in an unreported contribution to the campaign, thus illegal. It's all BS.