Donald Trump has often favored using a Sharpie over conventional pens, evident during his presidency with his distinctive bold signatures on various documents. His preference was highlighted in an HBO series where he expressed disdain for government pens, claiming they were expensive and ineffective. The use of his Sharpie signature has continued into legal matters, as evidenced in a 2022 trial where his distinctive signatures were presented in connection with charges against the Trump Organization for tax fraud and falsification of records.
In a four-part HBO series done in partnership with Axios in 2018, he made no secret of his love for a Sharpie pen - and how much he hated using government-ordered writing utensils traditionally used by presidents.
I was signing documents with a very expensive pen and it didn't write well... And then I started using just a Sharpie, and I said to myself, 'Well wait a minute, this writes much better and this cost almost nothing.'
The Trump Organization - but not Trump himself or his children - in 2022 faced charges of criminal tax fraud, falsifying business records, and filing false tax returns in a scheme to defraud the state.
Trump's distinctive bold Sharpie signature made an appearance long before he even entered the White House... identifying the signatures - in distinctive bold Sharpie - on some half-dozen documents, which included important letters and payroll documents.
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