Only Democrats could give a shit about this one

And even they are mostly faking.

The precedent of their own behavior when the Big Dog did his level best to cover up his rather more serious sexual escapades does not help make their claims, utterly absurd on their face, that such attempts at covering up are a shocking and inexcusable, criminal and even maybe impeachable attack on democracy, appear the least sincere or convincing.

It is not even clear the theory of the law under which paying women off for silence about a politician during a campaign counts as a campaign contribution is particularly credible to anybody but Democrats.

Only Cohen's choice to plead guilty put that reading of the law beyond challenge by his lawyers, as he has forfeited his right to trial and appeal.

Too, it is incredible that the coverup of these escapades, exposed only after the election, actually kept people from voting against Trump, despite claims to the contrary by some Democrats.

Everybody knew he was a pussy-hound and a liar with many of the habits and mores of a crime boss, and that was clearly not a deal-breaker for enough people.

Update 12102018.

Was the intention to protect his chances in the election or to prevent his wife finding out?

Or just to prevent any damage to his reputation in a general way?

He's been doing this sort of thing for decades, after all.

On the other hand, covering up at the time that he was during the campaign engaged in secret negotiations related to building a Trump tower in Moscow might have actually prevented many voters rejecting him, during the primaries and in the general.

Was that illegal at the time?

Or has all the illegal lying about that only been lying to the FBI or under oath after the election?

And Trump is not known to have lied under oath or to the FBI.

Lying to voters is not illegal.

Nor in the least uncommon.