MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos called Michael Cohen “an opportunistic thief” on Monday after the former Trump fixer admitted to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from his boss.
“Now, you can argue that, in reality, you are just an opportunistic thief. You literally pocketed money from your employer,” Cevallos said on MSNBC while discussing the ongoing trial.
Cohen testified Monday that he exaggerated how much he paid a technology company that provided services for the Trump Organization and pocketed the difference. The skimmed money was part of a $420,000 refund to Cohen, which also included his $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
Cevallos juxtaposed this admission of theft with how “the prosecution has painted Michael Cohen as some kind of bumbling, pathetic character whose only sins were his misguided and undying loyalty to Donald Trump. 'Did he lie to Congress?' “Yes, I do. But I did it because he was under the svengali rule of Donald Trump. “But now you see something a little different.”
MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos criticized Michael Cohen's conduct during an appearance on MSNBC.
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The MSNBC analyst argued that accepting cash payments is asking for trouble.
“The idea of him just grabbing a wad of cash and putting it in his pocket, I think has moved Michael Cohen from this figure where he's part Tom Hagen from 'The Godfather,' but really more like Fredo Corleone.” “Now this guy is just a thief,” he said. “And I bet the fact that he just admitted that he would willingly steal from his own client comes up a lot at the end.”
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Michael Cohen is questioned by defense attorney Todd Blanche during the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump accused of falsifying business records to hide money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Manhattan State Court in New York City , USA, on May 14. 2024 in this sketch of the courtroom. (REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg)
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Cohen testified Monday during the New York case against former President Trump that he went to TD Bank and withdrew cash over a couple of days to pay RedFinch for his services, which he kept in a brown paper bag. He claimed to have paid the technology CEO $50,000, but testified that he actually only paid $20,000.
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Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this report.
