Sen. Orrin Hatch on Monday dismissed new court papers directly implicating President Donald Trump in efforts to buy women's silence, saying the matter is irrelevant because the economy is booming and the payments were made before Trump was elected to the White House.
Hatch, R-Utah, who is retiring at the end of his current term, told CNN’s Manu Raju that the years before Trump became president are “another world."
"Since he's become president this economy has charged ahead," Hatch said, adding, "And I think we ought to judge him on that basis other than trying to drum up things from the past that may or may not be true.