Headline Roundup December 12, 2018
Michael Cohen, Trump's Former Attorney, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Summary from the AllSides News Team
President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for arranging secret payments to women who claimed to have affairs with Trump, neglecting to report millions of dollars in income, and lying to Congress about Trump's business dealings with Russia. Cohen told the judge that his loyalty to the president caused him to "choose darkness over light" and that he felt it was his responsibility to cover up Trump's "dirty deeds."
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Cohen had pleaded guilty to nine federal charges of tax evasion, violating campaign finance laws, lying to banks and to Congress.