Michael Cohen is trying to get a Reduced Sentence: Trump

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On Monday, the U.S President Donald Trump said that his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen should serve a full and complete sentence for doing terrible things. Trump also claimed that most of them were unrelated to the 2016 presidential campaign. His suggestion comes just days after Cohen pled guilty to lying to Congress about a Russian real estate deal during Trump’s campaign. The president tweeted, “You mean he can do all of the TERRIBLE, unrelated to Trump, things having to do with fraud, big loans, Taxis, etc., and not serve a long prison term?”. He was referring to himself in the third person. He went on to blame Cohen of lying regarding his past work to get himself and his family off “Scott free”.

Additionally, Cohen’s ties to a failed Trump Tower project in Moscow. Cohen has been scrutinized for his New York City taxi business and related loans for more than $37,000 in back taxes that he and his wife owe to New York State. More relevant to Trump than Cohen’s personal finances is the fact that Cohen last week admitted to lying about the timing of the Trump Tower project. He said discussions about the development with Russian officials ended in January 2016. The court documents have indicated that the talks continued as late as approximately June 2016, before Trump became the GOP nominee.

“Michael Cohen asks judge for no Prison Time.” You mean he can do all of the TERRIBLE, unrelated to Trump, things having to do with fraud, big loans, Taxis, etc., and not serve a long prison term? He makes up stories to get a GREAT & ALREADY reduced deal for himself, and get…..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018

Cohen said in front of a federal judge that he lied regarding the timing of the negotiations to be consistent with Trump’s political message. Cohen also pleaded guilty to charges in the month of August that included violating campaign finance laws to influence the election at Trump’s direction. Trump fired back at Cohen’s guilty plea on Thursday and called him A Weak Person.