Tarasoff helped arrange the 12 checks for $35,000, each signed by Donald Trump and sent to former attorney Michael Cohen in 2017 as reimbursement for the $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.

Ms. Tarasoff, a former employee of the accounting department at the Trump Organization, helped reimburse Michael D. Cohen for the hush-money payment at the center of Donald J. Trump’s trial.

Tarasoff, questioned by Assistant District Attorney Chris Conroy, identified the invoices, vouchers, ledger entries, pay stubs and signed checks that prosecutors say are the falsified business ...

Deborah Tarasoff, a current Trump Organization employee, was called to the stand Monday afternoon in the New York v. Trump trial. Former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney testified ...

But, Tarasoff testified, it was Trump and his sons who had to approve the payment of any invoice of $10,000 or more; in the former president's case, he always used a black Sharpie, and would write ...

Mr. McConney and another witness — Deborah Tarasoff, an accounts supervisor at the Trump Organization — both testified about internal machinations to pay back Mr. Cohen.

At one point during Tarasoff's testimony, Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche let out a wide-mouthed yawn. Conroy scored a point that seemed to demonstrate Trump was paying attention to each and every check.

Tarasoff is the Trump Organization's accounts payable supervisor who reported to Jeffrey McConney, she also testified in the Trump Organization tax fraud trial.

Yet, nearly 50 years ago, the Tarasoff case imposed a duty to warn on California mental health professionals, requiring them to take reasonable steps to protect potential victims of their clients.

Tarasoff, who for 22 years wielded the company's "accounts payable" stamp, and who cut nearly all of the checks involved in the alleged scheme, testified Trump never told her to do so.