"Cohen, an attorney and businessman, committed four distinct federal crimes over a period of several years. He was motivated to do so by personal greed, and repeatedly used his power and influence for deceptive ends. Now he seeks extraordinary leniency – a sentence of no jail time – based principally on his rose-colored view of the seriousness of the crimes; his claims to a sympathetic personal history; and his provision of certain information to law enforcement. But the crimes committed by Cohen were more serious than his submission allows and were marked by a pattern of deception that permeated his professional life (and was evidently hidden from the friends and family members who wrote on his behalf)"
"While Cohen’s provision of information to the SCO merits credit, his description of his actions as arising solely from some “personal resolve” – as opposed to arising from the pendency of criminal charges and the desire for leniency – ignores that Cohen first reached out to meet with the SCO at a time when he knew he was under imminent threat of indictment in this District. As such, any suggestion by Cohen that his meetings with law enforcement reflect a selfless and unprompted about-face are overstated."
"During the campaign, Cohen played a central role in two similar schemes to purchase the rights to stories – each from women who claimed to have had an affair with Individual-1 – so as to suppress the stories and thereby prevent them from influencing the election. With respect to both payments, Cohen acted with the intent to influence the 2016 presidential election. Cohen coordinated his actions with one or more members of the campaign, including through meetings and phone calls, about the fact, nature, and timing of the payments. (PSR ¶ 51). In particular, and as Cohen himself has now admitted, with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual-1. (PSR ¶¶ 41, 45)."
Cohen: Oh shit I'm gonna get caught up in this, better cooperate Mueller: What's good dawg? Cohen: Ayyy you know that thing you're about to indict me on? Well I got some info I'll give you if you're nice. Whaddya say ole buddy? Mueller: k ~*~Memo comes out ~*~ Cohen: WTF bro? I thought you had my back? Mueller: We already knew that shit, but thanks for confirming it bud. We're gonna lock you up for a lil bit and take a bit of your cash. Ya know, standard treatment for the rich white folk. Cohen: I'm an idiot shucks. k.
It's so fucking infuriating that we've known the president directed his counsel to commit 2 felonies for damn near a year and we're still where we are.
Which means Mueller already had proof it was a lie, so the notion that Cohen is a lie and made up the timeline to get less jail time likely holds no water. As we all probably assumed, since it came from trump.
that would make sense. Isn’t SDNY basically just handling trump org stuff in addition to cohen’s other crimes?