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Next witness will be Deb Tarasoff: prosecutors
By Kyle Schnitzer

The next witness will be Deb Tarasoff, an accounts payable supervisor who worked with Jeff McConney at the Trump Organization, according to prosecutors.

28 minutes ago
Trump signed checks with a black Sharpie, had them mailed to White House: witness
By Kyle Schnitzer

Deborah Tarasoff, a Trump Organization accountant, testified that Donald Trump would sign his name with a black Sharpie pen — and had the checks mailed to him while at the White House.

Tarasoff said that when Trump didn’t want to sign a check, he would “write 'Void' and send it back.”

When asked by prosecutors how she was sure it was Trump’s signature, she responded that a Sharpie is “what he uses.”

Tarasoff added that when Trump took office, the checks would be sent to the White House via FedEx awaiting Trump’s signature because only Trump was authorized to sign off on his personal account.

22 minutes ago
Jurors shown checks made to Michael Cohen including one for $70K

The jury was shown a check for $70,000 covering the January and February payments from the trust to Michael Cohen. The check has two signatures — Eric Trump and Allen Weisselberg.

Another check — dated February 14, 2017 — was also shown, but this check addressed to Cohen was stamped VOID.