I think the question of the payoffs to the women revolves around intent, rather than whether it was an effective maneuver or not. All that is necessary is that Trump believed these expenditures were illegal because they violated campaign finance rules, and there is some evidence that this is the case, specifically his conversations with, I believe, David Pecker, regarding killing the Karen McDougal story. It's also possible that Cohen knows additional things relating to the question which haven't been revealed. So intent does matter in this case, and whether it was intended to influence the election. And the appearance is that this was his intent. If Trump did kill these stories to influence the election, it's laughable to say that Trump won the election "fair and square." That would simply not be true.
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