{"id":2248920,"date":"2024-05-20T17:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T21:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-cohens-admitted-crime-undermines-credibility-raises-questions-about-his-relationship-with-prosecutors\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T17:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T21:27:57","slug":"cnn-analyst-cohens-admitted-crime-undermines-credibility-raises-questions-about-his-relationship-with-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-cohens-admitted-crime-undermines-credibility-raises-questions-about-his-relationship-with-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Analyst questions Cohen&#8217;s credibility after admitted crime, raises concerns on ties with prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-analyst-cohens-admitted-crime-undermines-credibility-raises-questions-about-his-relationship-with-prosecutors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2248920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN legal analyst Elie \u2064Honig criticized the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-official-who-pulled-knife-on-trump-supporters-indicted-on-weapons-charges-media-tries-to-frame-him-as-victim\/\" title=\"Democrat Official Who Pulled Knife On Trump Supporters Indicted On Weapons Charges; Media Tries To Frame Him As Victim\">grand jury<\/a> for\u2062 allegedly giving Michael\u200d Cohen a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-releases-statement-following-second-impeachment-acquittal-in-senate-hints-at-future\/\" title=\"Trump Releases Statement Following Second Impeachment Acquittal In Senate, Hints At Future\">free pass<\/a>&#8221; on a significant crime compared\u2064 to charges against former President Donald Trump. \u2062The analysis raised questions about \u2062the fairness of the prosecution process. CNN legal analyst Elie Honig raised concerns about the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office and the grand jury for granting Michael \u2064Cohen a\u2063 lenient treatment in contrast to the charges against former President Donald Trump. This scrutiny highlights doubts about the fairness of the\u2062 prosecution procedures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>CNN legal analyst Elie Honig slammed the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s 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 \u201cfree pass\u201d on a crime that is more serious than the charges against former President Donald Trump, it undermined his credibility as a witness.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen admitted on Monday during Trump\u2019s trial that he stole $60,000 from the Trump Organization in 2016 and that he allegedly informed \u201cmultiple prosecutors\u201d but was never charged for it.<\/p>\n<p>Honig said that it was going to be difficult for the prosecution to fix Cohen\u2019s credibility with the jury after he admitted to the crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the fact, Michael Cohen did steal this money and what makes that really so important \u2026 is it\u2019s not as if Michael Cohen was just stealing on the side, that\u2019d be bad enough,\u201d Honig said. \u201cThe problem is he was stealing from the exact reimbursement at issue in this case. So, the prosecution\u2019s core argument is Donald Trump knew what that $420,000 was all about. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-actually-thinks-democrats-will-sweep-midterms\/\" title=\"Pelosi Actually Thinks Democrats Will Sweep Midterms\">totally read<\/a> in on it. Turns out Michael Cohen was stealing from him within that $420,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Honig noted that Cohen cannot be charged after admitting to the crime \u201cbecause the statute of limitations has run out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s a very fair question to ask, gee folks of the jury, they gave him a free pass,\u201d He said. \u201cHe committed larceny. It\u2019s a higher degree of a felony than what Donald Trump is charged with. Yet they gave Michael Cohen a free pass even though he\u2019s now admitted that he stole what amounts to $60,000. It goes to his credibility, it goes to his relationship with the D.A.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CNN legal expert Elie Honig on Michael Cohen\u2019s admission that he stole $60,000 from the Trump Organization:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave him a free pass. He committed larceny, it\u2019s a higher degree of a felony than what Donald Trump is charged with. Yet they gave Michael Cohen a free pass even\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BhzKcr1VAx\">pic.twitter.com\/BhzKcr1VAx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSaavedra\/status\/1792638089812234366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN legal analyst Elie Honig criticized the Manhattan DA&#8217;s Office and the grand jury for granting Michael Cohen a &#8220;free pass&#8221; on a more serious crime than those against Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2248921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/michael-cohen-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2248920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/michael-cohen-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2248921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}