Thread by @cbcsteve

The @SDNYnews sentencing memo on Michael Cohen is out. Link here via Andrew Prokop at Vox documentcloud.org/documents/5453…

Prosecutors are asking Cohen receive a "substantial term of imprisonment" and not a light sentence as he's asked for, in part because his crimes were serious and he did not fully cooperate.

SDNY says Cohen does not have a cooperation agreement with them.

Here's the section recapping Cohen's admission that he violated campaign finance laws by paying off two women who allegedly had affairs with Donald Trump. It reiterates that he says Individual-1 (Trump) directed him to do it

There's also the Special Counsel sentencing memo which says that Cohen has been cooperating with them

Here's the full link to the Special Counsel sentencing memo on Michael Cohen
documentcloud.org/documents/5453…

So the Special Counsel says Cohen was helpful, the SDNY says he was not. These excerpts from the SDNY memo explain the distinction.

It shows up in a footnote, but Special Counsel says Cohen told them that he and Trump discussed reaching out to Russia as far back as September 2015 (Individual-1 = Trump)

Special Counsel lists 4 ways Michael Cohen is helping them (making life easier for listicle writers)

For context, here's what Trump was saying about his lack of dealings with Russia. From January 2017:

Special Counsel says Cohen told them about other attempts by the Russians to reach out to Trump campaign. In one case in Nov. 2015, he turned one down, because he was already working with another.

Not sure which document or what he's actually referring to, but here's Trump's latest tweet.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071177621445230596

And now, here's the sentencing submission from the Special Counsel against Paul Manafort
justsecurity.org/wp-content/upl…

Here are the 5 ways the Special Counsel says Paul Manafort breached his plea agreement

The memo does go into detail about each of the 5 things Paul Manafort did to breach his please agreement, but in some cases there are redactions

*plea agreement

Robert Mueller's team lays out how Paul Manafort lied about contacts with the Trump administration while he was cooperating with the Special Counsel

Closing paragraph of breach determination sums up Special Counsel's points against Paul Manafort pretty succinctly.

Trump’s tweet notwithstanding, here’s the White House reaction to today’s court filing from @PressSec