During Sentencing, Michael Cohen Said Donald Trump No Artist At Dealmaking

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 12: Michael Cohen, (L) President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing, December 12, 2018 in New York City. Cohen is set to be ... NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 12: Michael Cohen, (L) President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing, December 12, 2018 in New York City. Cohen is set to be sentenced by a federal judge after pleading guilty in August to several charges, including multiple counts of tax evasion, a campaign finance violation and lying to Congress. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Former Trump fixer and freshly convicted felon Michael Cohen took a moment during his emotional plea for leniency to take a swipe at President Trump’s business acumen.

“I have been leading a personal and mental incarceration ever since the fateful day that I accepted the offer to work for a famous real estate mogul whose business acumen I greatly admired,” he told the judge during a plea for a light sentence, before adding: “I now know there is little to be admired.”

“I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds,” Cohen added, out of “blind loyalty to Donald Trump.”

Cohen was sentenced to three years prison time by U.S. District Judge William Pauley of the Southern District of New York.

“No other defendant would be treated in this fashion on these offenses,” Cohen defense attorney Guy Petrillo said. “Mr. Cohen had the misfortune to be counsel to the president.”

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  1. “The Art of the Deal” is being rewritten by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. In the negotiating session in the Oval Office they ate Donnie blood raw!

  2. During Sentencing, Michael Cohen Said Donald Trump No Artist At Dealmaking

    Of course Cohen is being sentenced for lying he is not about to repeat the Dotard’s horseshit, they may add to his sentence.

  3. I wonder if his ass-tat will make him a star at Club Fed?

    This could be the perfect opportunity to show off his magnificent negotiating skills.

    Random Inmate: Show me your tattoo, Cohen.
    Inmate-3: You know the going rate. I’ll show it to you for five packages of ramen, otherwise no deal.

  4. Avatar for fuzz fuzz says:

    “No other defendant would be treated in this fashion…”

    “So I’m warning you, tread very f*ing lightly because what I’m going to do to you is going to be fing disgusting. Do you understand me? Don’t think you can hide behind your pen because it’s not going to happen," Cohen said. "I’m more than happy to discuss it with your attorney and with your legal counsel because motherf you’re going to need it.”

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