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increase font size Without a majority of commissioners voting to move forward, the case was dropped. By Katie ShepherdThe Washington Post Share WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission on Thursday dropped its inquiry to determine whether former president Donald Trump violated campaign finance laws when his personal lawyer paid an adult-film actress $130,000 in the days leading up to the 2016 election. The case stems from allegations that Trump ordered his personal lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen, to make a hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her from disclosing an...

The FEC panel said it failed to find that Mr. Trump or his campaign “knowingly and willfully” violated campaign-finance law when Mr. Cohen paid $130,000 in October 2016 to the adult actress whose real name is Stephanie Clifford and who says she had had an affair with the real estate tycoon earlier that decade. Two Republican members on the six-member panel said the probe wasn’t a good use of resources, though a pair of Democratic members disagreed and said they wanted to move forward. “To conclude that a payment, made 13 days before Election Day to hush up a suddenly newsworthy 10-yea...