Trump Wants ‘Full And Complete Sentence’ For Michael Cohen

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 12: Michael Cohen, personal lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump, walks through the lobby at Trump Tower, January 12, 2017 in New York City. Trump and his transition team are continuing the ... NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 12: Michael Cohen, personal lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump, walks through the lobby at Trump Tower, January 12, 2017 in New York City. Trump and his transition team are continuing the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

President Donald Trump on Monday called for his former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, to “serve a full and complete sentence.”

Trump listed several of the crimes to which Cohen has pleaded guilty, though he misleadingly claimed that the counts were “unrelated to Trump.”

Two of the counts to which Cohen initially pleaded guilty, and the additional count to which he pleaded guilty last week, are directly related to Trump.

Those three counts cover two campaign finance violations related to the hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, and Cohen’s admission last week that he lied to Congress about the Trump Organization’s continued efforts to pursue a project in Moscow well into the 2016 presidential campaign.

In fact, in a sentencing memorandum from Cohen’s attorneys filed Friday, they linked the three counts to Trump, referred to as “Client-1.”

“We address the campaign finance and false statements allegations together because both arose from Michael’s fierce loyalty to Client-1. In each case, the conduct was intended to benefit Client-1, in accordance with Client-1’s directives,” Cohen’s lawyers wrote.

Latest News

Notable Replies

  1. The stable genius is declaring war on his capo who knows where all the bodies are buried. Smart.

  2. I’m still waiting for the donald to put together a full and complete sentence.

  3. Avatar for davidn davidn says:

    Yes, we know, Donnie would just hate if Michael got out before he did.

  4. Trump’s projection will never and can never be outdone in the annals of human psychology.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

84 more replies

Participants

Avatar for paulw Avatar for mattinpa Avatar for cervantes Avatar for easydm Avatar for economides Avatar for steviedee111 Avatar for squirreltown Avatar for inversion Avatar for thebigragu Avatar for stradivarius50t3 Avatar for schmed Avatar for darrtown Avatar for benthere Avatar for tena Avatar for jinnj Avatar for jonney_5 Avatar for clauscph Avatar for tiowally Avatar for misha Avatar for thinski Avatar for erik_t Avatar for tf82 Avatar for drtv Avatar for carolson

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: