oath. not a peep from the president on wednesday, but behind the scenes, we are told the president is seething and assuring associates cohen is a liar. we have athena jones with more. reporter: good morning, dave and christine. this is the first time a member of the president s inner circle received significants prison sentence associated with the russia probe. there was a pattern of deception by cohen. the u.s. district judge agreed saying cohen thrived on the access to powerful people. he became one himself. cohen told the court he took full responsibility for his crimes and speaking about trump, he said time and time again i thought it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds. admitting to orchestrating hush payments before the 2016 election to karen mcdougal and stormy daniels to keep quiet about alleged affairs with president trump.
payoff. i have spoken to allen about how to set the whole thing up with funding. yes. and it s all the stuff. allen weisselberg is the cfo of the trump organization. he was granted immunity. news of the deal with ami came moments after cohen s sentencing for crimes which included arranging payments and lying to congress about the trump tower project in moscow during the campaign. cohen s advisor speaking out stating cohen s false testimony was shared with the white house and it s possible president trump knew cohen would make false statements under oath. not a peep from the president on wednesday, but behind the scenes, we are told the president is seething and assuring associates cohen is a liar. we have athena jones with more. reporter: good morning, dave
world. he was granted immunity. news of the deal with ami came moments after cohen s sentencing for crimes which included arranging payments and lying to congress about the trump tower project in moscow during the campaign. cohen s advisor speaking out stating cohen s false testimony was shared with the white house and it s possible president trump knew cohen would make false statements under oath. not a peep from the president on wednesday, but behind the scenes, we are told the president is seething and assuring associates cohen is a liar. here s athena jones. reporter: good morning, dave and christine. this is the first time a member of the president s inner circle received prison time over his associations with the russia probe. there was a pattern of deception by cohen. the u.s. district judge agreed saying cohen thrived on the access to powerful people. he became one himself.
came moments after cohen s sentencing for crimes which included arranging payments and lying to congress about the trump tower project in moscow during the campaign. cohen s false testimony was shared with the white house and it s possible president trump knew cohen would make false statements under oath. not a peep from the president on wednesday, but behind the scenes, we are told the president is seething and assuring associates cohen is a liar. we have athena jones with more. reporter: good morning, dave and christine. this is the first time a prison sentence has been associated with the russia probe. there was a pattern of deception by cohen. the u.s. district judge agreed saying cohen thrived on the access to powerful people. cohen told the court he took full responsibility for his