was very bad news for michael cohen when taken on its own. it said that michael cohen should get a substantial term of imprisonment and only a modest leniency when it comes to his prison sentence. again, that is expected next week. this filing from sdny laid out how michael cohen evaded taxes, how he lied to banks, and also how he illegally tried to affect the outcome of the 2016 presidential campaign. that, of course, referring to the hush payments that were made to karen mcdougal and stormy daniels, two women who said that they had affairs with donald trump. now a key passage from that sdny filing says that after cheating the irs for years, lying to banks and to congress and seeking to criminally influence the presidential election, cohen's decision to plead guilty rather than seek a pardon for his many bold -- manifold crimes does not make him a hero.