CNN legal analyst Elie Honig slammed the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the grand jury that oversaw the criminal prosecution of former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen a few years ago, saying that because they gave him a “free pass” on a crime that is more serious than the charges against former President Donald Trump, it undermined his credibility as a witness.
Cohen admitted on Monday during Trump’s trial that he stole $60,000 from the Trump Organization in 2016 and that he allegedly informed “multiple prosecutors” but was never charged for it.
Honig said that it was going to be difficult for the prosecution to fix Cohen’s credibility with the jury after he admitted to the crime.
“It is the fact, Michael Cohen did steal this money and what makes that really so important … is it’s not as if Michael Cohen was just stealing on the side, that’d be bad…
