hush money
noun
: money paid so that someone will keep information secret : money that a person pays someone to hush something up
He's accused of paying her hush money to keep their affair secret.
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Trump was convicted in May 2024 of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels, whose allegations of an affair with Trump threatened to upend his 2016 presidential campaign.
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Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
In May 2024, a jury convicted Trump as guilty of 34 felony counts for repeatedly and fraudulently falsifying business records in a scheme to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in an effort to impact the 2016 election.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
The defense has also sought to delay the trial until after the Supreme Court rules on Trump’s presidential immunity claims, which his lawyers say could apply to some of the allegations and evidence in the hush money case.
—semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Again the day after a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment before the 2016 presidential election.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
In May 2024, a jury convicted Trump as guilty of 34 felony counts for repeatedly and fraudulently falsifying business records in a scheme to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels in an effort to impact the 2016 election.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
The defense has also sought to delay the trial until after the Supreme Court rules on Trump’s presidential immunity claims, which his lawyers say could apply to some of the allegations and evidence in the hush money case.
—semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Again the day after a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment before the 2016 presidential election.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Hush money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush%20money. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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