Even the WaPo admits Bill Clinton paid off paula jones to shut up. No court ordered clinton to pay the money. It was an out-of-court settlement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/jones111498.htm
President Clinton reached an out-of-court settlement with Paula Jones yesterday, agreeing to pay her $850,000 to drop the sexual harassment lawsuit that led to the worst political crisis of his career and only the third presidential impeachment inquiry
in American history.
After more than 4 1/2 years of scorched-earth legal warfare, Clinton and Jones brought a sudden end to the case with a four-page deal in which he acknowledged no wrongdoing and offered no apology. The agreement, which will be filed with a federal appeals
court considering whether the lawsuit should go forward, requires the president to pay within 60 days.
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