Trump trial: Stormy Daniels tells (almost) all about alleged sexual encounter with Trump
Donald Trump watched Stormy Daniels testify on Day 13 of his hush money trial.
Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges.
Trump last April pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.
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Jurors see tax forms Trump Organization filed for payments
Jurors saw the tax forms that the Trump Organization submitted to the Internal Revenue Service related to Michael Cohen's reimbursement.
Jurors saw two 1099 forms -- one for the $105,000 from Trump's trust and another for the $315,000 paid from Trump's personal account.
Former Trump Organization controller Jeff McConney testified that that the company doubled Michael Cohen's repayment to compensate for the expected taxes he would owe on the payments.
Per document, 9 of 12 payments came from Trump's personal account
Following the mid-morning break, former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney's testimony resumed and jurors were shown a spreadsheet called -- a query voucher -- that documents the 12 $35,000 payments made to Michael Cohen in 2017.
According to the exhibit, three of the payments came from Donald Trump's trust account, totaling $105,000.
The remaining nine payments were made through Donald Trump's personal account, totaling $315,000.
Jury shown remaining invoices for Cohen repayment
In a dry, repetitive manner, jurors were shown the invoices that Michael Cohen sent to the Trump Organization to request payment for legal services pursuant to a retainer agreement, in order to repay the hush payment to Stormy Daniels.
The 11 invoices comprise 11 of the 34 criminal counts Trump faces.
Former Trump Organization controller Jeff McConney paged through exhibits showing emails and invoices for each month over the course of the repayment schedule.
Each of Cohen's 11 invoices read, "Pursuant to the retainer agreement, kindly remit payment for services rendered for the month of [name of month]."
McConney testified that he forwarded the invoices to Deborah Tarasoff, who worked in the Trump Organization's accounting department.
"Please pay from the Trust. Post to legal expenses," McConney wrote on February 14, 2017.
McConney suggests Trump signed Cohen checks in White House
Former Trump Organization controller Jeff McConney testified that the Trump Organization switched from cutting Michael Cohen's checks from the company trust account to cutting them from Donald Trump's personal account when Trump was the president and living and in Washington, D.C. -- something that presented a challenge.
That led to testimony that suggested checks were sent to the White House while Trump was the sitting president.
"What did that mean?" the prosecutor asked McConney.
"Somehow we would have to get a package down to the White House," McConney responded, having testified earlier that Trump was the only person who could sign checks from his personal account.
"DJT needs to sign check," McConney wrote in one email that was shown to the jury.
"The check was drawn out of President Trump's personal account," McConney said. "We had to get it down to the White House for the president to sign it."
Defense suggests Daniels is making up her story
Defense attorney Susan Necheles asked Stormy Daniels a line of questions about what details Daniels included and omitted from her 2018 book, based on some of what she said today court.
At one point Necheles directly asked if Daniels was simply making up her story about Trump.
"You are making this up as you sit there?" Necheles said.
"No," Daniels forcefully responded.
"The whole story was made up, wasn't it?" Necheles said.
"None of it is made up," Daniels responded.
For most of the cross-examination, Donald Trump, at the defense table, has been sitting back in his chair and angled toward the witness stand. His eyes are frequently closed, and he rarely confers with his lawyers.