Trump's former attorney receives three-year federal sentence
Reporting and findings
- convicted
Michael Cohen, a former Trump Organization executive and personal attorney to Donald Trump, was sentenced on December 12, 2018, to three years in prison after guilty pleas covering tax evasion, bank false statements, campaign-finance violations, and false statements to Congress.
Summary and current status
Michael Cohen was sentenced for tax evasion, false statements to a bank, campaign-finance violations, and a separate false-statement offense involving Congress.
Sentenced to three years in federal prison on December 12, 2018
People and organizations
- Michael Cohenformer personal attorney and Trump Organization executive
- Donald J. Trumpnetwork root
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- Donald J. Trumpformer personal attorney and Trump Organization executiveMichael Cohen