nytimes July 17, 2021 1:00am William H. Pauley III, Judge in Trump Hush Money Case, Dies at 68 #campaignfinance #adultery #deathsobituaries #usapatriotact #cohenmichaeld1966 #pauleywilliamhiii #news William H. Pauley III, Judge in Trump Hush Money Case, Dies at 68 He sentenced Michael D. Cohen to three years in prison for breaking campaign finance laws by helping to buy the silence of two women who said they had affairs with Donald J. Trump.