Trump Says Cohen Deserves Prison Time Despite Mueller Plea Deal
- Cohen awaits sentencing after pleading for judge’s leniency
- Trump praises ‘guts’ of Roger Stone in refusing to testify
Michael Cohen exits federal court in New York City on Nov. 29, 2018.
Photographer: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump said on Twitter that Michael Cohen should serve a prison term for lying to Congress, and asserted that his former personal attorney’s crimes were “unrelated to Trump.”
Cohen pleaded for leniency from a judge on Friday, saying he should be spared a prison term because he’s informing on the president and his company to Special Counsel Robert Mueller. A day earlier, he admitted in a plea deal with Mueller that he had lied to Congress about the timeline for a proposed Trump Organization development project in Moscow.