Here's the ultimate OOOOOOPS...
David Pecker/AMI confirm that Trump was in the room with Cohen and Pecker creating a conspiracy to kill stories to protect the campaign. Thus, the Edwards defense is totally out the window. He directly helped create and direct the procedure to break campaign finance laws and defraud the American public.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ju...h-money-discussions-nbc-news-confirms-n947536
"Donald Trump was the third person in the room in August 2015 when his lawyer Michael Cohen and National Enquirer publisher David Pecker discussed ways Pecker could help counter negative stories about Trump's relationships with women, NBC News has confirmed.
As part of a non-prosecution agreement disclosed Wednesday by federal prosecutors, American Media Inc., the Enquirer's parent company, admitted that "Pecker offered to help deal with negative stories about that presidential candidate's relationships with women by, among other things, assisting the campaign in identifying such stories so they could be purchased and their publication avoided."
The "Statement of Admitted Facts" says that AMI admitted making a $150,000 payment "in concert with the campaign," and says that Pecker, Cohen, and "at least one other member of the campaign" were in the meeting. According to a person familiar with the matter, the "other member" was Trump."
BTW, the "I relied on lawyer Cohen" is also out the window as Cohen is part of the conspiracy.