we also learned about new contacts that mr. cohen had with russians in the early stages of the campaign, including one russian that claimed ties to moscow and said that he would offer political synergy to the trump campaign. those conversations were taking place as part of mr. cohen's work on the trump tower moscow project in 2015 and into 2016. what the mueller filing did is connected that business work to the question of russian election meddling, saying trump had substantial business interest to gain from the trump tower project and that discussions about it were going on at the same time that russia was actively meddling in the campaign. mr. cohen was -- the prosecutor said he should receive substantial sentence after his attorneys asked for no jail time. he is charged with crimes including tax fraud, campaign finance violations that are tied to the payments to women and lying to congress about the trump tower moscow project.