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Expected to address that court in his own words ahead of the sentencing. here we go. discover. i like your card, but i m absolutely not paying an annual fee. discover has no annual fees. really? yeah. we just don t believe in them. oh nice. you would not believe how long i ve been rehearsing that. no annual fee on any card. only from discover. ....
and elliott, let me have you weigh in at this point on both what we are reading that michael cohen has said to the judge. no surprise, but again, that very powerful language. what do you make so far of these court proceedings and of course, we are all wondering if he is going to be remand pod the court. we anticipate that he is going to be able to go home afterwards, and we might even hear from him, and that is what we are hoping for at least. this is a standard court proceeding, and so we have heard from the government, and the defendant, and he is, it seems that he has laid it on pretty thick as he did in the filings and son and now we are hearing from the judge, and so it could be a matter of minutes and it depends how long the judge has spoken for, and frankly been to these before, how mad the judge is. he has probably the order written out, and reading a script in a sense, but if the ....
The court and show that generally this is a good man. this is an unusual situation that he found himself in. it s a very special situation because he was ordered to commit these acts by arguably the most powerful man in the united states and perhaps the world. that s why his attorneys are arguing his case is unique. his case warrants special mercy, and they are certainly shooting the moon asking for a straight probation sentence, no prison or jail time whatsoever. and danny, just remind our viewers, if you would, essentially prosecutors in new york are asking for a different sentencing than the special counsel is. why is that? talk about that disparity, and how do you expect the judge to reconcile the two? reporter: michael cohen is being sentenced essentially on two very separate cases. the first is the southern district of new york, which includes charges such as tax evasion, and most notably charges that he pleaded guilty ....
Than 10% of defendants nationwide in his situation get it, which is a straight probation sentence. very unlikely to happen today. all right, again, the judge there hearing from the defense saying that the guideline range calculation 51 to 63 months for the new york charges, zero to six charges for the mueller charges. the panel s going to stick around. again, michael cohen in court right now. we are going to continue to keep a very close eye on what s happening there. also today, exit interview. my exclusive with outgoing u.n. ambassador nikki haley. she shares the secret to her success when it came to dealing with the president. so you were playing good cop, bad cop. i was trying to get the job done, and i got the job done by being truthful, but also by letting him be unpredictable. and again, a live look there outside the courthouse here in new york city where former fixer and lawyer michael cohen ....
To cover this thing in washington. intelligence and national security reporter ken delaney, at the course house in new york city, legal analyst, danny is cevallos and two former prosecutors, elliott williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the doj and jill wine-banks former assistant watergate prosecutor. mr. cevallos, we ll start with you there at the courthouse. cohen expected to address the court at the top. do we have any idea what he might say? and what are the range of sentencing options here? reporter: allocution for a defendant where the defendant often has his only opportunity to speak to the court and the judge, it can be a risky proposition. cohen will be very prepared and make sure he doesn t fall into one of the many pit falls that defendants often fall into, which is to be overly narcissistic. i m so sorry. i m going to miss my daughter s graduation or that he doesn t ....