As the Trump presidency fades into the past, we are reminded of the sex scandal at its dawn. The Federal Election Commission has just dropped its probe into former President Donald Trump’s alleged hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Charges that Trump broke campaign finance laws in 2016 by not reporting the $130,000 payment to Daniels – perhaps thinking that a tawdry affair would hurt his electoral chances – dominated the national conversation for […]

Real Political Scandals Are Rarely About Sex
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