12-12-2018, 01:25 PM
Michael Cohen Sentenced
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Cohen got 36 months behind bars for tax evasion, bank fraud, lying to Congress regarding the Trump Tower deal in Russia, and violating campaign finance laws when he paid off two of Trump's alleged mistresses (with Trump's approval) just ahead of the 2016 Presidential election.
Cohen told the NY federal judge that he was very sorry for his crimes, that he deserved shame but his family does not, and that his life went down the wrong path the day he agreed to work for Donald Trump to whom he developed 'blind loyalty'.
Cohen made his own choices (and benefited greatly financially from them). Trump is implicated in only a couple of the charges filed against Cohen. Still, in my opinion, Cohen has been trying to pin all of his own criminal decisions on Trump for months. The NY prosecutors and judge didn't buy it.
New York prosecutors argued against Cohen's attorney's request for probation because they said Cohen's crimes were serious and Cohen did not answer all of their questions regarding his past criminal activity.
The judge gave Cohen some credit for cooperating with the Mueller investigation, but not a substantial amount. Cohen didn't get the maximum sentence, but he'll do nearly 3 years behind bars even if he gets a little time shaved for good behavior (no parole available in federal prison). He's expected to start serving his sentence on March 6th.
Cohen got 36 months behind bars for tax evasion, bank fraud, lying to Congress regarding the Trump Tower deal in Russia, and violating campaign finance laws when he paid off two of Trump's alleged mistresses (with Trump's approval) just ahead of the 2016 Presidential election.
Cohen told the NY federal judge that he was very sorry for his crimes, that he deserved shame but his family does not, and that his life went down the wrong path the day he agreed to work for Donald Trump to whom he developed 'blind loyalty'.
Cohen made his own choices (and benefited greatly financially from them). Trump is implicated in only a couple of the charges filed against Cohen. Still, in my opinion, Cohen has been trying to pin all of his own criminal decisions on Trump for months. The NY prosecutors and judge didn't buy it.
New York prosecutors argued against Cohen's attorney's request for probation because they said Cohen's crimes were serious and Cohen did not answer all of their questions regarding his past criminal activity.
The judge gave Cohen some credit for cooperating with the Mueller investigation, but not a substantial amount. Cohen didn't get the maximum sentence, but he'll do nearly 3 years behind bars even if he gets a little time shaved for good behavior (no parole available in federal prison). He's expected to start serving his sentence on March 6th.