<p>CNN legal analyst Elie Honig slammed the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;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 &#8220;free pass&#8221; on a crime that is more serious than the charges against former President Donald Trump, it undermined his credibility as a witness.</p>
<p>Cohen admitted on Monday during Trump&#8217;s trial that he stole $60,000 from the Trump Organization in 2016 and that he allegedly informed &#8220;multiple prosecutors&#8221; but was never charged for it.</p>
<p>Honig said that it was going to be difficult for the prosecution to fix Cohen&#8217;s credibility with the jury after he admitted to the crime.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is the fact, Michael Cohen did steal this money and what makes that really so important &#8230; is it&#8217;s not as if Michael Cohen was just stealing on the side, that&#8217;d be bad enough,&#8221; Honig said. &#8220;The problem is he was stealing from the exact reimbursement at issue in this case. So, the prosecution&#8217;s core argument is Donald Trump knew what that $420,000 was all about. He was totally read in on it. Turns out Michael Cohen was stealing from him within that $420,000.&#8221;</p>
<p>Honig noted that Cohen cannot be charged after admitting to the crime &#8220;because the statute of limitations has run out.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But it&#8217;s a very fair question to ask, gee folks of the jury, they gave him a free pass,&#8221; He said. &#8220;He committed larceny. It&#8217;s a higher degree of a felony than what Donald Trump is charged with. Yet they gave Michael Cohen a free pass even though he&#8217;s now admitted that he stole what amounts to $60,000. It goes to his credibility, it goes to his relationship with the D.A.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">CNN legal expert Elie Honig on Michael Cohen&#8217;s admission that he stole $60,000 from the Trump Organization:</p>
<p>&#8220;They gave him a free pass. He committed larceny, it&#8217;s a higher degree of a felony than what Donald Trump is charged with. Yet they gave Michael Cohen a free pass even… <a href="https://t.co/BhzKcr1VAx">pic.twitter.com/BhzKcr1VAx</a></p>
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