Proceedings
SUPREME COURT
CRIMINAL TERM
NEW YORK COUNTY
PART 59
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
-against
DONALD J. TRUMP,
Defendant.
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INDICTMENT #
71543/2023
Falsifying Business
Records First Degree
BEFORE:
100 Centre Street
New York, New York 10013
May 14, 2024
HONORABLE JUAN M. MERCHAN,
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
APPEARANCES:
FOR THE PEOPLE:
ALVIN L. BRAGG, JR., ESQ.
New York County District Attorney
BY: JOSHUA STEINGLASS, ESQ.,
MATTHEW COLANGELO, ESQ.,
SUSAN HOFFINGER, ESQ.,
CHRISTOPHER CONROY, ESQ.,
REBECCA MANGOLD,
ESQ.,
KATHERINE ELLIS, ESQ.,
Assistant District Attorneys
FOR THE DEFENDANT:
BLANCHE LAW
BY: TODD BLANCHE, ESQ.
EMIL BOVE, ESQ.
KENDRA WHARTON, ESQ.
STEPHEN WEISS, ESQ.
NECHELES LAW, LLP
BY: SUSAN NECHELES, ESQ.
GEDALIA STERN, ESQ.
SUSAN PEARCE-BATES
Principal Court Reporter
LAURIE EISENBERG, RPR, CSR
LISA KRAMSKY
THERESA MAGNICCARI
Senior Court Reporters
Lisa Kramsky,
Senior Court Reporter

M. Cohen Direct/Hoffinger
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was there at The Trump Organization about executives coming in
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to meet with Mr. Trump?
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Mr.
Trump had an open-door policy, which, if there was
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somebody in there, you waited; and if not, you knocked on the
door, and I would say, “Boss, do you have a second?”, and I
would walk right in.
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And others did the same, to your knowledge?
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To my knowledge, yes.
Now, when you met with Mr. Trump at The Trump
Organization, in his office, did you, generally, need
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–
I’m
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sorry.
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Did you, generally, record those meetings in your calendar?
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No, ma’am.
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As part of your work at The Trump Organization, did
you feel that it was part of your job to keep him updated on
matters that you were handling for him?
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Yes.
It was actually required.
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Tell us what you mean by that.
When he would task you with something, he would then
say, “Keep me informed. Let me know what’s going on.”
And what he was saying, what everybody did is, as soon as
you had a result, an answer, you would go straight back and
tell him. Especially if it was a matter that was troubling to
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him.
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So, two things, just to break that down.
Laurie Eisenberg, CSR, RPR
Senior Court Reporter