EIt is recognizable among thousands, a capital D followed by a series of zigzags: the signature of Donald Trump. “Black marker is what he always uses,” according to Deborah Tarasoff, chief accounting officer at the Trump Organization. On Monday, the jury saw nine checks, made out to Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. A tough day, but necessary.
At 12e day of the trial in Manhattan, after a dive into the world of tabloids, playmates, stars ready to pay millions to save their reputation and lawyers who make a living from it, the prosecution attacked the heart of the case.
Because Donald Trump is not accused of hanging out in a sordid environment, nor of having slept with a porn star, Stormy Daniels, in 2006, nor even of having paid her $130,000 to keep silent about this relationship, ten years later. It’s much less juicy than that: the 34 counts relate to the falsification of financial documents of the Trump Organization, more precisely on 11 invoices, 11 checks and 12 accounting entries.
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And here, for example, is the June 2017 check (at that time, from Donald Trump’s personal account and not the Trump Organization) to Michael Cohen @Point pic.twitter.com/y6othCRow5
— Claire Meynial (@ClaireMeynial) https://twitter.com/ClaireMeynial/status/1787680185891901700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In 2016, it was Michael Cohen who paid Stormy Daniels. He then asked for a refund. According to the indictment, this reimbursement was made under […] Read more
