hush money

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Hellerstein has also tangled with Donald Trump, rejecting a request by the US president to have his New York hush money case moved to federal court.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Bove represented Trump last year in his New York trial over hush money payments, and he was named acting deputy attorney general when Trump was sworn in.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2025

She said it had felt like "hush money".

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

But before Mackris could go any further, O’Reilly hit her with a lawsuit, alleging that she and her lawyer were trying to extort him out of $60 million in hush money.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2024

The complicated chain of events, known as the Watergate scandal, included hush money and destroyed evidence.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge