Tarasoff says 'legal expenses' label came from invoice
Trump Organization accounts payable supervisor Deborah Tarasoff walked the jurors through the process for processing the invoices and checks for Michael Cohen in 2017.
The process generally began with an email from controller Jeffrey McConney, who approved the expenses.
"Please pay. Post to same g/l as last month," McConney said in his email from March 2017.
"Please pay," McConney emailed Tarasoff in April.
Jurors then saw the invoice processed on the Trump Organization's general ledger, labeled as "legal expenses."
"Where did that come from?" prosecutor Christopher Conroy asked.
"I put that in. It came from the invoice," Tarasoff said.
For checks from the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, two people -- from among either Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Allen Weisselberg -- signed the check. For the checks from Donald Trump's personal account, Donald Trump had to sign the check himself.
Some of the jurors appeared to be attentive during this testimony, watching Tarasoff explain the exhibits displayed on the screen in front of them. Others sat passively, some with their arms crossed, as the testimony continued.