Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000 to settle lawsuit, which is different than hush money

Former President Bill Clinton once paid Paul Jones $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. People are comparing this to Donald Trump's hush money trial, and while it may sound similar, there's a technical difference. Hush money is when you don't want something to come out and you don't want anyone to know about it. A legal settlement is when something is already out and everyone already knows about it.  While Bill Clinton faced repulsive allegations, the money he paid was not hush money because it was already out in the public. However, it was still not a very good thing for the former president.

Donald Trump faced a jury in a politically charged trial and the deliberations found Trump guilty. His sentencing is at a later date. Trump's fanbase has become even stronger after the American legal system showed their true colors in what many logical people believe was a "sham" trial.

NY Post reported back in 1999:

In April, Wright ruled that Clinton gave “false, misleading and evasive answers” under oath.

The president wrote the three checks Sept. 22, the court papers show. But the payments weren’t made public until yesterday.

Clinton paid the money in addition to the $850,000 settlement he paid Jones for the dismissal of her sexual-harassment suit.

Jones claimed Clinton asked her for sex in a Little Rock hotel room in 1991, while he was Arkansas’ governor and she was a state worker.

Wright dismissed Jones’ lawsuit on April 1, 1998.

Clinton agreed to a settlement after Jones appealed the ruling, but has admitted no wrongdoing.

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