CNN’s Elie Honig Says Michael Cohen Stealing from Trump Is ‘More Serious of a Crime than Falsifying Business Records’

HONIG: “The way, this was raised and addressed on direct is what Julia Louis-Dreyfus would call yada, yada, yada. I mean, here’s what Michael Cohen — here’s what Michael Cohen said.” [crosstalk]
COATES: “George Costanza.”
TAPPER: “No, no, no.”
CATES: “Was it?
HONIG: “It was Elaine.”
TAPPER: “It was Elaine.”
COATES: “Elaine?”
TAPPER: “It was Elaine on yada, yada, yada.” [crosstalk]
HONIG: “But here — here’s the direct testimony the way Michael Cohen explained what happened.”
TAPPER: “It’s actually a girl that Costanza was dating, but — sorry.” (Laughter)
HONIG: “Michael Cohen explained this whole thing, quote, ‘That’s what was owed. And I didn’t feel Mr. Trump deserve the difference.’ That’s a lot different than I stole $60,000 from my boss on the transaction at the heart of this case. And by the way, the fact that he was ever charged with larceny is important because stealing $60,000 through fraud, which would be larceny in New York State is more serious of a crime than falsifying business.”