Greedy Liar or Flawed Family Man? Cohen Fate Rests on Answer
- U.S. says Trump’s longtime fixer knew line and crossed it
- Defense seeks leniency, saying Cohen has suffered enough
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A Manhattan federal judge will have to decide between two competing portraits of President Donald Trump’s longtime fixer, Michael Cohen, at a sentencing hearing on Wednesday: The greedy lifelong liar or the family man who made some mistakes.
Cohen confessed nine crimes this year after federal prosecutors said that he had concealed income and evaded taxes, orchestrated a scheme to violate campaign finance laws at the height of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and lied to banks and Congress. He faces as long as five years behind bars. His lawyers have asked U.S. District Judge William Pauley to spare him prison time.