Cohen sentenced to three years in prison

Source: The Hill | December 12, 2018 | Morgan Chalfant

President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for a series of crimes he committed while working for Trump, according to multiple reports.

U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III sentenced Cohen to 36 months in jail in Manhattan federal court Wednesday morning. The sentence stems from eight federal charges he pleaded guilty to in August, including campaign finance violations tied to a scheme to pay off women alleging affairs with Trump in order to prevent damaging information from surfacing during the 2016 presidential campaign.

His sentence also entails two months to be served concurrently for a single charge of lying to Congress about plans to build a Trump property in Moscow, which Cohen pleaded guilty to in late November as part of a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller. That deal guarantees his cooperation in Mueller’s ongoing Russia investigation.

Cohen will be allowed to voluntarily surrender to federal authorities on March 6.

He has also been ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution, forfeiture of $500,000 and a fine of $50,000.

His sentencing caps months of scrutiny of Trump’s onetime loyal confidant and personal “fixer” but is unlikely to temper focus on the president’s potential legal exposure.

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    Been reading that Cohen seems to blame Trump for his troubles. As far as I know, Trump did not out a gun to Cohen’s head and force him to commit these crimes. I guess Cohen became so enthralled by having such a larger than life celebrity client (not to mention the big legal fees Trump was paying) that he abandoned his integrity and good character.

    And that’s what’s wrong with a lot of people these days. They have become so fascinated with Trump that they have abandoned their ethics and morality to worship him. They will do anything — even kill — for him.

    Anyway, three years is rather light for all the crimes Cohen was convicted of. Cohen should be thanking God instead of complaining.

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