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They had affairs with the president. in his sentencing hearing in new york this afternoon, cohen characterized it like this. and i quote, "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." dirty deeds done dirt cheap? that sort of depends. some may think $130,000 is a bargain to keep a story about an alleged sexual encounter ...

Developments out of the southern district of new york that delivered a blow to president trump today. co cohen was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to nine criminal counts including violation of campaign finance laws by silencing two women during the election. fighting bakhtiars cohen today said he quote chose to participate in the elicit act of the president rather than to listen to my own inner voice. referring to the presidents frequent attacks on him cohen said that r...

Incarceration since the fateful day that i accepted the offer to work for a famous real estate mogul. i know now that theres little to be admired. i want to be clear, i blame myself for the conduct which brought me here today and it was my own weakness and a blind loyalty to this man that led me to choose a path of darkness over light. so i chose to participate in the illicit act of the president rather than listen to my own inner voice which should have rned me that the campaign finance violati...

Surrender. the sentence comes after he pled guilty to two campaign finance violations that cohen claims were made at the direction on of donald trump. the judge accused cohen of creating a veritable smorgasbord of fraudulent conduct. while cohenen said he accepts responsibility for his actions, he also implicated the president again, telling the court, quote, recently the president tweeted a statement calling me weak and he was correct. but for a much different reason than he was implying. it wa...

For edwards and o.j. simpson and all of these things? its prize time for michael cohen. a federal judge sentenced him to three years and hes been ordered to pay almost $2 million in fines, forfeitures and restitution. he has until march 6th to surrender after pleading guilty to a series of crimes including two campaign finance violations that cohen claims were made at the direction of donald trump. the judge accused him of committing a veritable smorgasbord of fraudulent conduct and said that ...

I want to be clear, i blame myself for the conduct which has brought me here today and it was my own weakness and a blind loyalty to this man that led me to choose a path of darkness over light. it is for these reasons i chose to participate in the illicit act of the president rather than to listen to my own inner voice, which should have warned me that the campaign finance violations that i later plead guilty to were insidious. recently the president tweeted a statement calling me weak, and he ...

Knowing his actions brought shame and pain among his family. joining me is reverend al sharpton. good to have you. >> thank you. >> give me your thoughts on today. >> i heard his statement and it was very similar to he had met with me twice this year. he reached out. he was more concerned about his family than anything else. in our last meeting when i was getting ready to leave the restaurant, we had breakfast both times. he said pray because im going to go to jail. i said youll see what happens...

>> exactly. >> i want to read another excerpt from cohen. recently, the president tweeted a statement calling me weak. and he was correct, us about 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 rather than to listen to my own inner voice and moral compass. my weakness can be characterized as blind loyalty to donald trump and i was weak for not having the strength to question and refuse his demands. a skeptic...

Im going to venture a guess that today a pardon for michael cohen isnt near the table. >> i dont think its on the table, near the oval office. i think its safe to say thats not coming, anderson. and we should point out lanny davis has said previously and did so over the summer that michael cohen does not want a pardon from president trump and would not accept one. >> even though technically one doesnt refuse or pardon or it doesnt work that way. what are people around the president or what are t...

Increase the pressure on the president? >> they do increase the pressure on the president because michael cohen is someone very close to president trump. hes been irked by the developments related to him. we have seen that as the president was departing yesterday when he came out unprompted and made that statement calling michael cohen a weak person and saying he only hired him because he did him a favor a very long time ago. clearly, the president is still preoccupied with this even though hes ...