5 May 2018

Trump admits to knowing about hush money payment

Associate Professor David Smith
Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, United States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney)

Donald Trump has backflipped on denying any knowledge of a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. USSC senior lecturer Dr David Smith is interviewed on ABC Radio National's Drive program.

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Associate Professor David Smith
Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, United States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney)
David Smith is jointly appointed between the US Studies Centre and the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney. His research examines political relations between states and minorities, with a focus on religion in the US. His book Religious Persecution and Political Order in the United States was published by Cambridge University Press in 2015.

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