Michael Cohen exits court after sentencing
380 views · Published 17 December 2018 · 1:06 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(12 Dec 2018) President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has been sentenced to three years in prison. U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III said Wednesday that Cohen deserved a harsh punishment for crimes including tax evasion, lying to Congress and arranging illicit payments to silence women who posed a risk to Trump's presidential campaign. The judge rejected arguments by Cohen's lawyers that he should be spared jail time because he cooperated in multiple federal investigations involving Trump. "Somewhere along the way Mr. Cohen appears to have lost his moral compass," Pauley said. "His cooperation, "does not wipe the slate clean." Cohen said his "blind loyalty" to Trump made him feel a duty to "cover up" the president's "dirty deeds." Cohen's crimes included evading $1.4 million in taxes and misleading Congress about his talks with Russians about a Trump skyscraper project in Moscow. Trump had called for a tough sentence for Cohen, whom he labeled a liar. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/2b15df481a691cfb0c112fc2df5114fc
