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Michael Cohen, who was a lawyer for Donald Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison by a federal judge in New York.
Cohen is charged with criminal charges including tax evasion of his business and lying to the United States Congress about the Trump organization's previous business in Russia, People says.
People explains that Cohen, 52, pleaded guilty to the aforementioned crimes and handing over money during the 2016 presidential election, to buy the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy ex-girlfriend Karen McDougal; both women claim to have had affairs with President Trump.
In a document, a sentencing memo submitted last week, federal attorneys for the Southern District of New York wrote that "individual 1" - Trump - directed Cohen to make those payments, which are campaign crimes of financial violation reports People.
The online magazine note reports that Federal Judge William Pauley told Cohen: "Each of these crimes is a serious offense against the United States." The three-year sentence will begin to be served by Cohen on March 6, 2019, likely in federal prison, Federal Correctional Institute Otisville, in New York. This, after the recommendation of the judge. "I take full responsibility for each of the acts that I have pleaded guilty to," Cohen said Wednesday. "My personnel and those that involve the President of the United States of America," added Cohen.
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