“The defendant’s crime was serious”

Federal prosecutors just recommended a ‘substantial term of imprisonment’ for Michael Cohen. This is after he begged for leniency because of his cooperation with the Mueller team.

Cohen pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements to Congress.

Cohen’s sentencing memorandum was released by the Mueller team today.

READ THE ENTIRE COHEN SENTENCING MEMO HERE :

OUR PREVIOUS REPORT ON COHEN’S GUILTY PLEA:

Dershowitz Rips Cohen Guilty Plea…An Example of Mueller “Creating” Crimes [Video]

ALAN DERSHOWITZ said exactly what everyone else was thinking this morning about the Mueller investigation. Mueller has nothing on Russian collusion and the Trump campaign so he’s “creating” crimes…Could it be to justify the $40 million spend on this ridiculous investigation?

Fox News reports:

Reacting on “America’s Newsroom,” Dershowitz emphasized that crimes by Cohen and others were committed as a result of Mueller’s appointment, not before he began the investigation.

Dershowitz said this shows Mueller “didn’t start with very much” and is now charging former Trump associates with making false statements to his investigators.

“The very fact that he’s conducting an investigation has created these crimes. … In the end, I don’t think Mueller is going to come up with very much terms of criminal conduct that existed before he was appointed and that’s quite shocking,” he said, adding that it calls into question the role of a special counsel in “creating” crimes.

Cohen previously pleaded guilty in New York to violating federal campaign finance laws by arranging hush-money payments to women in 2016 “at the direction” of then-candidate Trump.

BILL HEMMER SPOKE WITH THE HARVARD LAW PROFESSOR ABOUT MICHAEL COHEN’S PLEA:

SANDRA SMITH ALSO SPOKE WITH DERSHOWITZ ABOUT COHEN’S PLEA DEAL:

OUR PREVIOUS REPORT:

PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS OUT ON COHEN PLEA DEAL:

President Trump spoke out after his former lawyer made a surprise guilty plea in court this morning:

In reference to Michael Cohen’s guilty plea, Pres Trump said he decided against the Russia project, but there would have been nothing wrong if he did pursue it while running for president.

He called Cohen “a weak person” and said he was “lying to get a reduced sentence.”

“It was an option that I decided not to do,” says Pres Trump of the project to build a building in Russia.

Says he decided against it, because he was running for president. “There would have been nothing wrong if I did do it,” says Trump. “I wasn’t trying to hide anything.”

PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO TWEETED OUT THIS MORNING ABOUT THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION:

Did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime? At the same time Mueller and the Angry Democrats aren’t even looking at the atrocious, and perhaps subversive, crimes that were committed by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. A total disgrace!

When will this illegal Joseph McCarthy style Witch Hunt, one that has shattered so many innocent lives, ever end-or will it just go on forever? After wasting more than $40,000,000 (is that possible?), it has proven only one thing-there was NO Collusion with Russia. So Ridiculous!

Michael Cohen plead guilty this morning and asked to stand to speak to the judge. He spoke for 3 minutes.

Cohen said by 2016 he no longer worked for Trump but now says he continued communication with him into the summer:

1. Moscow Project deal lasted until into Summer 2016

2. Cohen discussed deal more than three times with candidate Trump

3. Cohen briefed Trump family members

4. Cohen took steps in contemplation of Trump’s travel to Russia

USA vs. Michael Cohen:

Michael Cohen’s Plea Agreement:

 

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