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BREAKING: Prosecutors say ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen deserves substantial prison time, despite his cooperation.

New SDNY Michael Cohen filing: "The crimes committed by Cohen were more serious than his submission allows and were marked by a pattern of deception that permeated his professional life (and was evidently hidden from the friends and family members who wrote on his behalf)."

SDNY Cohen filing: "The applicable U.S. Sentencing Guidelines ... range is 51 to 63 months' imprisonment ... the Office respectfully requests that this Court impose a substantial term of imprisonment, one that reflects a modest downward variance from the applicable Guidelines."

Feds recommend 'substantial term of imprisonment' for Michael Cohen, Trump's former fixer and attorney abcn.ws/2roDtAW

Here it is. The full SDNY sentencing guidelines memo for Michael Cohen. Enjoy! #covfefe
documentcloud.org/documents/5453…

"Cohen acted with the intent to influence the 2016 presidential election [by committing campaign finance crimes] ... Cohen himself has now admitted, with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of Individual-1."

"Cohen coordinated his actions with one or more members of the campaign, including through meetings and phone calls, about the fact, nature, and timing of the payments."

Michael Cohen Sentencing Memo: I don't know what "political synergy" or "synergy on a government level" from the *government* of the Russian Federation actually means but it sounds neither Very Legal nor Very Cool.

"Cohen provided the SCO with useful information concerning certain discrete Russia-related matters core to its investigation that he obtained by virtue of his regular contact with Company executives during the campaign."

Michael Cohen Sentencing Memo: "Cohen’s crimes are particularly serious because they were committed on the eve of a Presidential election, and they were intended to affect that election."

Cohen Memo: "Hundreds of billions of dollars are lost annually because people like Cohen – who otherwise take full advantage of all that taxes bring, such as schools, paved roads, transit systems, and Government buildings – shirk their responsibilities as American taxpayers."

New Mueller filing says Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen was in touch with a Russian seeking ‘political synergy’ with campaign
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