John Edwards (D-N.C.) with a similar crime following his 2008 presidential run, he rebutted the accusation by arguing he was trying to disguise his faithlessness from his wife rather than from the voting public.

A more plausible argument for Edwards, who made payments since the affair.

Less plausible in the Trump case, since there was one payment, ten years after the affair, and one year before the election.

But that's only one crime. We have multiple reports that there's another 30 or 31.