The Probe Into Trump's Porn Star Hush Money Payment Is Starting to Get Real

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    -96% Extremely Liberal

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

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  • Politician Portrayal

    96% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"Prosecutors are also interviewing Dylan Howard, the Enquirer's former editor, and two Trump Organization employees while also getting in touch with people involved with Trump's 2016 campaign and issuing subpoenas for material related to the payments, according to the Times."
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2% Conservative
"Pecker sitting down with prosecutors is particularly notable, however, considering the dirt he may have on Trump, including potential specifics about the former president's involvement in the Daniels payment."
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-10% Liberal
"He's also said that former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg conferred with Trump about whether to make the payments."
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-12% Liberal
"Trump has repeatedly denied having any knowledge of the payments."
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-20% Liberal
"Weisselberg corroborating Cohen's claim that Trump directed the payments could be a home run for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, whose office has been roiled by disagreement over how to handle investigations into the former president."
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-22% Liberal
"The Times notes that prosecutors could also lean on testimony from Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer who in 2018 pleaded guilty to charges related to the payment."
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-26% Liberal
"Cohen has said that he made payments to Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal at Trump's direction, but Cohen isn't exactly a rock-solid source."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"The investigation into Donald Trump's role in a pre-election hush money payment to Stormy Daniels -- the porn star alleged former lover of the former president -- is starting to heat up."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"The Manhattan district attorney's office is set to begin presenting evidence to a recently impaneled grand jury, which could lead to criminal charges against Trump, The New York Times reported on Monday."
Negative
-36% Liberal

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*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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