decade doing trumps dirty work. credibility issues are why the prosecution used the 20 witnesses who proceeded cohen to basically corroborate his story before they even put him on the stand. it is also why trump s defense team has single-mindedly sought to state their case on discrediting him. even in cases that might not be read crucial to rebutting the prosecution. for that reason the defense may think they racked up a victory for themselves today because during the cross-examination this morning, cohen admitted that he stole from the trump organization. in addition to the reimbursement for the hush money for stormie daniels, cohen was also given $50,000. that money was supposed to be a repayment for what cohen spent to hire a tech from to rig an online poll on trump s behalf. we don t have time to get into that detail. but as cohen said on the stand, he only paid trump $20,000 and kept the rest for himself. asked point blank today whether he stole from the trump organizati