May 9, 2024
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Bookkeeper says checks were mailed to bodyguard’s home address
Rebecca Manochio testified that, when Trump was president, his checks were mailed to the home address of his personal bodyguard, Keith Schiller.
She said she was not told why the checks were mailed there, but that she was likely directed to do so by Allen Weisselberg or Rhona Graff, another Trump Organization employee.
Schiller also returned the checks in the mail to the Trump Organization.
Manochio’s testimony was backed up by several FedEx invoices prosecutors showed the jury. The Trump Organization employee, who was an administrative assistant at the time, said the only items she mailed to Schiller were checks for Trump to sign.
After Schiller stopped working for Trump, the checks were mailed to John McEntee, she said. McEntee was Trump’s bag man at the time, and the checks were sent to his home address.
— Ella Lee
12:40 PMMay 9, 2024
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Trump Org employee testifies about mailing checks
Rebecca Manochio, a Trump Organization employee who worked for Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg shortly after Trump became president, testified it was her job to send checks to the White House for Trump to sign.
She said that when she sent the checks to the White House they were unsigned, and when they returned, the then-president had signed them.
She is testifying as a custodian of records for the Trump Organization.
— Ella Lee
