Prosecutors have tied Donald Trump to a federal crime for the first time, accusing him of directing illegal hush-money payments to women during his presidential campaign in 2016.

While the Justice Department stopped short of accusing the US President of directly committing a crime, it said in a court filing that he told his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to make the illegal payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who both claimed to have had affairs with Mr Trump (which he has denied).

via Donald Trump has been tied to a federal crime by prosecutors. Can a president be indicted? – Donald Trump’s America – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)