section_path: Involvement in politics/Michael Cohen reimbursement payments
section_name: Michael Cohen reimbursement payments
paragraph_text: Michael Cohen reimbursement payments
  
  On May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Trump Sr.'s New York criminal trial which revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen following the hush money payments Cohen made to Stormy Daniels, sought approval from both Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. Trump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.
  
  On May 28, 2024, an email was shown during defense closing arguments in Trump Sr.'s New York criminal trial which revealed that longtime Trump Organization comptroller Jeffrey McConnery, who was previously acknowledged to have organized Trump Sr.'s reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen following the hush money payments Cohen made to Stormy Daniels, sought approval from both Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. Trump Jr. signed some of the reimbursement checks to Cohen as well.