Washington Post: Giuliani said the Stormy Daniels payment was legal. Here’s what campaign finance experts said.

Washington Post: Giuliani said the Stormy Daniels payment was legal. Here’s what campaign finance experts said.

“That is an explicit acknowledgment that this payment was about the election and was about hiding information from voters immediately before the presidential election,” said Paul S. Ryan, vice president of policy and litigation at watchdog group Common Cause, which filed a legal claim over the payment. “That’s what makes all of this a campaign finance violation.”... Ryan, of Common Cause, said Giuliani’s comments suggested a willful violation of campaign finance law.