The sentence was handed down after Cohen made a
series of guilty pleas. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office prosecuted
Cohen for lying to Congress, and the Southern District of New York U.S.
Attorney’s Office prosecuted him for campaign finance violations, tax fraud and
other charges.
Pauley handed down the sentence after Cohen’s
emotional personal plea for leniency. As members of Cohen’s family openly
wept, Pauley said that while Cohen’s willingness to plead guilty to a host of
crimes in Manhattan, as well as to lying to Congress as part of Mueller’s
investigation, and his contrition before the court were notable, they “did not
wipe the slate clean.”
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