personal involvement. >> i am done being loyal to president trump. >> he has spilled his secrets to prosecutors and begged for mercy from a judge and now michael cohen speaking to the american people. >> i will not be the villain, as i told you once before, i will not be the villain of his story. >> president trump's former fixer and personal lawyer, opening up, for the first time, since he was sentenced to three years in prison on wednesday. in an interview with abc, the 52-year-old convicted felon still agonizing over what he says was the toughest day of his life. >> i have to be honest. it has been very rough. >> cohen pleaded guilty to numerous crimes. including tax evasion and making false statements to a bank. but it was his crimes involving the now infamous hush payments to two women that have directly implicated the president of the united states. trump, lashing out on twitter this week, saying he never directed cohen to break the law.