Stormy Daniels Trial Isn’t About Hush Money, It’s About Election Interference

Pecker revelation shows how Trump weaponized fake news

Manny Otiko
The Polis
Published in
4 min readApr 27, 2024

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Stormy Daniels (Victoria Pickering/Flickr)

It just so happens that the first of former President Donald Trump’s trials to go to court is the weakest. The case, being conducted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, has been dubbed the hush money trial. But that’s a misnomer.

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Manny Otiko
The Polis

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.