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Breaking: Michael Cohen Just ADMITTED Stealing $30,000 From Trump Organization

Disgraced former Trump attorney Michael Cohen continues to dig himself into a deeper hole as he faces questioning during the ongoing Manhattan “hush money” trial against the former president.

News broke on Monday that Cohen casually made a stunning admission about stealing a large sum of money from his former boss.

As the New York Post reported:

“You did steal from the Trump Organization based on the expected reimbursement from Red Finch, correct?” Trump lawyer Todd Blanche, his voice rising to a high pitch, asked Cohen.

“Yes, sir,” Cohen calmly replied.

Trump broke away from his eyes-closed position during this exchange and popped a mint before appearing to pay close attention to Cohen’s testimony.

“Have you paid back the Trump Organization for the money you stole from them?” Blanche asked later.

“No, sir,” Cohen responded.

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Some critics of Donald Trump hoped Cohen would provide testimony that would help secure a conviction, but he has instead inflicted further damage to his own tattered reputation.

His latest admission sparked a flurry of discussion on social media:

As for the context of his embezzlement, the Daily Beast offered some additional coverage:

Cohen’s $420,000 included $50,000 meant to repay him for an entirely different deal: the way he recruited a tech company called Red Finch to do some internet domain-related work for Trump.

However, in recent days, Cohen has revealed that the notorious miser Trump stiffed the tech company—putting Cohen in the awkward position of having to pull $20,000 out of his own TD Bank account and giving it to Red Finch’s CEO in late 2015 or early 2016. On Monday morning, Cohen described meeting the man at an office and handing him a brown paper bag full of cash—drawing muted laughs from the courtroom given its comically crooked appearance.

But as Blanche pressed for details, Cohen acknowledged that he never paid Red Finch the remaining $30,000 bill. And as far as the tech company is concerned, the Trump Organization still owes it that money.

Here’s some previous coverage of the damage Cohen has done to the prosecution’s flimsy case against Trump:

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JUST IN: Michael Cohen’s Testimony Can Be Used Against Him!

It just keeps getting better (my perspective) when it comes to Michael Cohen.

Now Fox News reports that not only has the case against Donald Trump imploded, but things may now Boomerang and turn on Cohen.

From Fox News:

‘CRINGEWORTHY’: Michael Cohen’s testimony can be used against him

Watch this:

Full transript:

The defenses cross-examination of Michael Cohen is back underway let’s bring in trial attorney Mercedes Cen uh Todd blanch is exploring some

interesting ground right now and that is secret recordings that Michael Cohen had on his phone according to our Carrie kupek Cohen has testified that he had

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about a hundred secret recordings on his phone about 40 of them were with journalists one of them was with the former president of the United States we

don’t know what the other ones were but I’m not quite sure what he’s getting at here I mean legally speaking if you’re in New York which is a one party

consent state but you’re recording somebody who’s in California which is a two-party State the stricter law is the superseding law so potentially there’s a

an infringement on the law there but what do you think the bigger picture is here great to be on with you John and Sandra as always it really is about

giving the jury the perspective that Michael Cohen is untrustworthy it’s cringeworthy for jurors even though you’re absolutely right if it’s a one-

party state there’s no laws that have been broken but it’s cringeworthy for jurors to sit there who are trying to determine his credibility that he has so

many recordings in which when it’s a one party State you know you don’t have to disclose it to the participant in the call that you’re actually recording them

so it is personally when this comes up in cases that I’ve handled it is something that especially if it’s at the opposing side you can certainly put your

arms around it and almost jump up and down and Glee because this is something that can be used against the opposing side Mercedes let me get your reaction

to this Cohen um would communicate he said in this courtroom just now with reporters via text signal and other encrypted apps Cohen decided what

communication to use depending on the topic that he was discussing with the particular reporter saying if it was a private or unusual conversation I’d go

to one of the encrypted apps to John’s point and uh what Carrie was highlighting a moment ago there were a total of 95 total recordings on his

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phone he’d record Trump and reporters Cohen says he understands that it’s not ethical for a lawyer to record their client but he noted that there is a

quote crime fraud exemption rule blanch then said but didn’t you just record Trump to show to pecker not the crime fraud exemption rule Cohen answers

saying yes but you asked me if there are any exceptions your response to that Mercedes well those that’s a great Q&A think about the two lawyers that are on

that jury they know how inappropriate generally speaking it is to record your clients without them knowing that they’re being recorded that is something

that because we’re fiduciaries we have this this hir duty to our clients you don’t generally typically record your client if you believe that your client’s

about to commit a crime then of course you can set aside the attorney client privilege then you have to notify the authorities there’s a whole body of law

that talks about that but the good thing about that Q&A between Todd blanch and Michael Cohen is that there seems to be an inconsistency and wherever you have

an inconsistency with a witness that you are attacking their credibility it has to be highlighted before the jury and that’s exactly what Todd blanch did all

right so uh so blanch is trying to paint a picture of a guy here who literally cannot be trusted and then there’s this idea too of has he lied on the stand and

there’s a lot of people who believe that Cohen wasn’t truthful when he said that he made the recording of trump to show David pecker uh because why would he

need to show that to David pecker some people think it was for his own purposes and then there’s this idea the phone call with the chief of security Keith

Schiller which Cohen said was about story Daniels but blanch is now saying or eliciting from Cohen that it was about a 14-year-old Prank Caller does

this go to the potential instruction from the judge uh that if the jury believes that Cohen has lied about anything on the stand they can discount the entirety of his

testimony there is a perfect jury instruction that I use in every single trial falses Anum falses and Plum basically false in one false in

everything if the jury and this will be an instruction we’ll have to see if if the judge allows this instruction but generally speaking it is allowed if the

jury believes that Michael Cohen has lied under oath in this during this trial they can discount his entire testimony now that’s obviously that is

very Broad and sweeping we’ll have to see what the what the jur what the judge decides about that jury instruction in particular but you see that jury

instruction just about all trials lot more to come this afternoon Mercedes thanks so much we’ll be right back hey everyone I’m Emily compono catch me and

my co-hosts Harris vulner and Kaye mcki on outnumbered every weekday at 12:00 p.m. Eastern or set your DVR also don’t forget to subscribe to the Fox News

YouTube page for daily highlights

And from yesterday in case you missed this:

Alvin Bragg’s Case Continues To Fall Apart As Michael Cohen Implodes On Cross-Exam

There’s an old saying that says you should quit while you’re ahead.

I was going to say Alvin Bragg would have been wise to follow that, but then I realized he was never really “ahead” in the first place.

This “got Trump” case started off ill-conceived and it has only gone downhill since it started.

But the juiciest parts have been disgraced former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s implosion on the witness stand.

When your testimony doesn’t go well on direct exam (by the attorney that called you and should be friendly to you), then you can really expect a big crash and burn on cross exam.

Former Federal Prosecutor Katie Cherkasky used the word “annihilation” on Fox News:

Even CNN’s panel is now saying Alvin Bragg’s case has entered the “territory of doom”:

Sure enough, the cross exam did not dissappoint!

We’ve only just begun, and my friends over at TrendingPolitics provided this partial transcript which is delicious to read:

“You continued to call President Trump various names on your podcasts and when you’re even doing CNN interviews, correct?” Blanche asks. “Correct,” Cohen says. After President Trump criticized Cohen in a Truth Social post in March of 2023, Cohen shot back with another insult.

“You called him dumba** Donald?” Blanche asked. “Sounds correct,” Cohen confirms.

Nor could Cohen contain himself from commenting about the trial on TikTok where he has been criticized for allegedly monetizing his comments. Blanche highlighted one statement where Cohen admitted he had “mental excitement about the fact that this trial was starting” and noted a paralegal was monitoring his social media.

“That didn’t stop you, did it?” he asked.

Cohen said, “No, sir.”

Later, the defense shifted back to Cohen’s well-known lies under oath, asking if those oaths differed in any way from the one he took on the witness stand today.


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