<p>While testifying Monday at former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trum</a>p&#8217;s criminal hush-money trial in New York City, prosecution witness <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michael-cohen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Cohen</a> admitted he stole from the Trump Organization in 2017.</p>
<p>Cohen, who had worked as Trump&#8217;s lawyer and fixer, replied in the affirmative when defense attorney Todd Blanche pressed him on an IT firm he <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/poll-rigging-for-trump-and-creating-womenforcohen-one-it-firms-work-order-11547722801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hired</a> to rig polls, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/20/nyregion/trump-trial-hush-money" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> The New York Times.</p>
<p>Reporter Maggie Haberman noted in a blog that RedFinch was owed $50,000, but Cohen paid the firm only $20,000 even though he had asked for a $50,000 reimbursement from the Trump Organization.</p>
<p>One of Haberman&#8217;s colleagues who joined her in the courtroom said Blanche led a line of questioning that &#8220;makes Cohen sound extra shady,&#8221; pressing about him having &#8220;like, a duffle bag of cash?&#8221;</p>
<p>Asked if he stole from the Trump Organization after being repaid more than he was owed — $100,000 with the money being doubled for tax purposes — Cohen replied, &#8220;Yes, sir.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump shook his head at the response, per New York Times blog. One post from reporter Susanne Craig called the admission &#8220;another big ding to Cohen&#8217;s credibility.&#8221;</p>
<p>Responding to the development in the trial, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said in a <a href="https://x.com/JonathanTurley/status/1792559244308320677" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to X, &#8220;These are hits below the waterline for Cohen but also the prosecutors.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added, &#8220;They had a man admitting to a major larceny but never charged Cohen. That made Cohen not only their man, but allowed him to keep stolen money&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Cohen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-sues-michael-cohen-for-500-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded guilty</a> in 2018 to multiple crimes, including lying to Congress, and served prison time. But, as Cohen acknowledged Monday, he <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-20-24/h_b774e3c7dd88fbaa5a8ad4dc5ec856d3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">never pleaded guilty</a> to larceny despite telling prosecutors.</p>
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<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is expected to rest his case after the completion of Cohen&#8217;s testimony, focused on his role in facilitating payments to women who allegedly had affairs with Trump.</p>
<p>Trump, who denies the claims, faces 34 felony <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-indicted-on-34-felony-counts-of-conspiracy-falsifying-business-records-pleads-not-guilty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">counts</a> of falsifying business records to allegedly conceal damaging information and <a href="https://manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover up</a> the payments as part of a scheme to influence the 2016 election.</p>
<p>The former president has pleaded not guilty and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-hush-money-case-ahead-of-jury-selection-attack-on-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> what he says is a &#8220;political persecution&#8221; while he runs another campaign for the White House in the 2024 election.</p>

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