Cohen pocketed 30,000 of the 50,000 he received from the tech company RedFinch.

Evidence

Judge blasts Trump defense witness for ‘contemptuous’ behavior (CNBC)

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: Ellis’s apparent stumble was mischaracterized by the prosecution. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 2868; Michael Cohen hired RedFinch Solutions to rig online polls and then allegedly stiffed the company. — Cohen Hired IT Firm to Rig Early CNBC, Drudge Polls to Favor Trump; Cohen claimed to have paid $50,000 to a technology firm for artificially boosting Trump’s standing in a CNBC online poll. — Trump hush money trial: Prosecution rests, defense lawyers ask to throw …