above board

“I’d love to pay taxes, I want to do everything above board. I want to do the right thing. But what am I supposed to do?”

Still, “arguably ineffective” is not the same as “completely above board, legally.”

Since such conduct is apparently now above board for presidents, it’s nixed from the latest indictment, even if the underlying charges remain the same.

Blanche posits that Cohen was actually just Trump's lawyer at the time, and the payments were all above board.

However, Mr. Gertler has long disputed corruption allegations, arguing that his Congo investments were above board, providing the country billions in taxes and creating thousands of jobs.