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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As McConney testifies, his longtime boss sits in jail
Over the course of Jeffrey McConney's testimony, the former Trump Organization controller has repeatedly invoked the name of his longtime boss, Allen Weisselberg, when describing the conduct and the paper trail underpinning prosecutors' theory of the case.
He and Weisselberg ate lunch every day, McConney testified, and their offices sat beside each other in Trump Tower. At one point during his testimony, McConney said he recognized Weisselberg's penmanship on a key exhibit because "I've read his handwriting for about 35 years."
But as McConney testifies, Weisselberg sits in jail -- one month into a five-month sentence after pleading guilty to two felony counts of perjury for lying under oath during his testimony in former President Trump's civil fraud trial and during the investigation that preceded it.
Weisselberg is not expected to testify at this trial.
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.
Trump was 'cursing audibly' during Daniels' testimony
Former President Trump was "cursing audibly" at one point during today's direct examination of Stormy Daniels, according to a transcript of a sidebar conversation that was released following court.
"I understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his head visually and that's contemptuous.
It has the potential to intimidate the witness and the jury can see that," Judge Juan Merchan told Trump's attorney during the sidebar, according to the transcript.
"I will talk to him," said Trump attorney Todd Blanche.
"So, I am speaking to you here at the bench because I don't want to embarrass him," Merchan said. "You need to speak to him. I won't tolerate that."
"I will talk to him," Blanche replied.
Following a subsequent break, reporters heard Judge Merchan ask Blanche whether he had spoken to his client, but at the time it wasn't clear what the judge was referring to.
Daniels' testimony included a graphic description of her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.