The payment amounts were reportedly staggering. One woman was offered $20,000 and to have her credit card debt paid off. Another woman was approached and was given the option of naming her price, within reason, for any juicy (and most likely fake) accounts of sexual misconduct.
Of course, these allegations, like the ones lobbed against Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his vicious confirmation battle, are not grounded in any evidence. It’s a total nut job conspiracy theory. The Atlantic reported last night that Mueller has referred the matter to the FBI. The identity of one woman, named Parsons, cannot be verified. The second woman, Jennifer Taub, is a professor at Vermont Law School. It’s plain loco, folks (via The Atlantic):