Michael Cohen Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison Following Plea That Implicated Trump
The onetime fixer for Trump has admitted that not only did he commit financial crimes but also that Trump directed him to arrange hush-money payments to two women. Cohen also says he lied to Congress.
Updated at 3:19 p.m. ET
A federal judge sentenced Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen to three years in prison on Wednesday following Cohen's guilty pleas to a number of political and finance crimes.
Those three years would be followed by three years of supervised release, and Cohen also is subject to forfeiture of $500,000, restitution of $1.4 million and a $50,000 fine.
Cohen had asked for leniency. He said in court, however, that he accepts responsibility for his actions.
"This may be hard to believe, but today is one of the most meaningful days of my life," Cohen said. "Today I get my freedom back."
He said he had been "living in personal and mental incarceration ever since I agreed to work for a business mogul."
