> > Could he have avoided that just by paying this all with his own money He should have just owned it and bragged about it. They failed the damage containmen

> > Could he have avoided that just by paying this all with his own money He should have just owned it and bragged about it. They failed the damage containment on the real bad stuff such as what he said in the Access Hollywood tape. And it ended up actually helping him! The prosecutor is also searching publicity because Trump is done for and he won’t be the nominee so they felt hard pressed to do this before it becomes clear to everybody otherwise they would have gotten little publicity and satisfaction out of it.