By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
President Trump’s former longtime attorney and self-described fixer was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to nine federal charges, including making secret payments to women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump.
The charges also included lying to congress about his involvement with a proposed Trump Tower in Moscow and failing to report millions of dollars in income.
Cohen, 52, told Judge William Pauley that his loyalty to Trump led him “to choose darkness over light.”
“Recently the president tweeted a statement calling me weak and it was correct, but for a much different reason than he was implying. It was because time and time again I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds,” Cohen said.
Cohen apologized to his family and U.S. citizens.
“I am truly sorry and I promise I will be better,” he said.
Cohen pleaded guilty as part of an agreement to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team.
Mueller wrote in a sentencing memo that Cohen provided “relevant and useful.”
It’s not year clear what information Cohen has provided.
