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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That was a reference to the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels.
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
Before becoming deputy attorney general, Blanche represented the president in criminal cases against him, including falsifying business records regarding hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels and conspiracy charges related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
—Barbara McQuade, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
In addition to the hush money matter, Blanche represented Trump in the two cases brought by the special counsel, his 2020 election interference case in Washington and the Florida case accusing the former president of hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
On an especially cold February day earlier this year on the 23rd floor of Manhattan's Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, Judge Alvin Hellerstein was hearing arguments to (again) decide whether the president could nix his hush money payment conviction.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
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Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
Before becoming deputy attorney general, Blanche represented the president in criminal cases against him, including falsifying business records regarding hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels and conspiracy charges related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
—Barbara McQuade, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
In addition to the hush money matter, Blanche represented Trump in the two cases brought by the special counsel, his 2020 election interference case in Washington and the Florida case accusing the former president of hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
On an especially cold February day earlier this year on the 23rd floor of Manhattan's Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, Judge Alvin Hellerstein was hearing arguments to (again) decide whether the president could nix his hush money payment conviction.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Hush money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hush%20money. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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