MSNBC Legal Analyst Floored After Michael Cohen Admits Stealing Cash From Trump Org: ‘Just an Opportunist Thief’
MSNBC legal analyst David Cevallos chalked up a point for Donald Trump’s defense on Monday after ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen admitted to stealing cash from the Trump Organization.
Cohen flat-out admitted on the stand at Trump’s hush money trial that he stole from the Trump Organization, describing billing the company for a $50,000 expense, but he only paid $20,000 of the actual bill in a bag full of cash.
Blanche notes that Cohen billed the Trump Organization for the full RedFinch expense — and was reimbursed for it — even though he never fully paid it.
Q: So you stole from the Trump Organization, right?
A: Yes, sir.— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 20, 2024
Cevallos was floored by Cohen’s admission.
“He admitted to stealing cash from the Trump organization. Throughout the trial, consider this, the prosecution has painted Michael Cohen as sort of this bumbling, pathetic character whose only sins were his misguided, undying loyalty to Donald Trump,” he said.
There is now an argument to be made, he added, that Cohen is just an “opportunistic thief” who was not primarily motivated by a loyalty to Trump.
“Now there’s an argument to be made that you’re just an opportunistic thief. You literally pocketed money from your employer,” Cevallos said. “As an attorney, the idea first of all of paying in bags of cash…look, defense attorneys — I do not like to accept cash. I frankly refuse to accept cash. It’s only asking for trouble.”
The attorney argued Cohen went from looking like Fredo Corleone in The Godfather to just a common thief.
“The idea that he would just grab a wad of cash and stick it in his pocket it has moved Michael Cohen from this figure where he’s part Tom Hagen from The Godfather, but really more like Fredo Corleone to now this guy who is just a thief,” he said.
Trumps is facing more than 30 felony counts for falsifying business records. Prosecutors allege he concealed hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to cover up an affair between her and Trump. The former president has denied the affair and any knowledge of the payments, which were made by Cohen.
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