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Trump trial live: Judge warns the former president risks jail over gag order violations - BBC News Trump trial live: Judge warns the former president risks jail over gag order violations - BBC News
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Madeline HalpertMadeline Halpert
Reporting from courtReporting from court
Prosecutors are working to try to portray Trump as the man who oversaw all the hush-money reimbursements to Cohen. We're going through each one of Cohen's reimbursements, which is a similar to the line of questioning we witnessed this morning.
Conroy asks Tarasoff if Trump was the one to sign cheques for his personal account. This time, though, we’re looking at ledger entries and cheques instead of invoices from Cohen.
She says, yes. It’s a tedious process, but it will be crucial for prosecutors to prove the first part of their case.
He asks her if Trump would ever refuse to sign certain cheques. The 34 examples of allegedly false invoices, ledger entries and cheques raised by prosecutors corresponds to the 34 counts of falsifying business records that Trump faces in this case.
Tarasoff says yes, and that “he would write void on it and send it back”, she says. The Manhattan district attorneys office alleges that Trump falsified invoices, ledger entries and cheques to make Daniels' hush-money payments appear as legal expenses.
The Trump employee says she could tell it was Trump’s handwriting because “it was signed in Sharpie …. and that’s what he uses” - adetail that elicits some chuckles in the media overflow room.
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