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Republican party got that guy, same time they got steve wynn the National Republican party also got this guy named to be one of the deputy finance chairman for the Republican Party. Another Republican Party appointment to reflect the new trump era if the history of the Republican Party. Since then, he too has had to resign from the Republican Party after admitting to paying more than 1 million in hush money to a woman whom he supposedly had an affair who told him he got her pregnant. Bizarrely or not, for that hush money effort, the former deputy finance chair of the Republican Party appears to have used for that hush money arrangement the exact same lawyers, including Michael Cohen, who were involved in hush money deals designed to silence at least one woman during the campaign, who said she had had an affair with donald trump. Elliott broidy has since been reported to be entangled in multiple investigations s for influence peddling and money laumd laundering. But at the same time, the National Republican Party Last Year got steve wynn and elliott broidy, at the same time they got those guys at the top of the rnc, welcome to the trump era, there was also one other deputy finance chairman who was appointed at the same time. And that was this guy, Michael Cohen. Who also ended up having to resign his post at the Republican Party. Michael cohen today was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in federal crimes, including two Campaign Finance felonies which prosecutors and the judge today said he was inkahoots with the president of the United States to commit those crimes. You might have seen easter in the news, in the newspaper or online a lot of people making charts, about all the people in the president s orbit who confessed to felonies or heading off to prison. But honestly, as were thinking about the president s whole political orbit, either planning to go to prison or going to prison, honestly, heres a thought for the Republican Party, too. Its not like the infection that seems to be spreading out from the president is confined just to trump world. Hes brought all the best people into the upper echelons of the formal Republican Party, too. And then they all have to quit when they get caught and when they go to prison. Today was a big day, obviously. And what were going to go through, were going to go through what happened in a couple of parts. Where were going to land ill tell you right now, what appears to be legal jeopardy for the president s company and specifically for the president s oldest children on the felony counts in which Michael Cohen himself, federal prosecutors in new york and now a federal judge in new york have all said the president was involved in. And theres a lot of questions that are raised by Michael Cohens sentencing today and the way it went down and well get to some of those over the course of this hour. To me, there are still some things that dont make sense about Michael Cohens defense. We will talk about that tonight with two people who have been in communication with him extensively, and have some insii insight into his defense. But lets talk about what went down in court and why it looks like the president and his eldest children might be in the legal cross hairs. Lets start in court. At the very start of the proceedings, the deputy clerk calls the case. Announces this is the case, case number, the attorneys on all three sides, they all introduce themselves to the judge. Thats the lawyers for the federal Prosecutors Office in the Southern District of new york. Also the prosecutors from the special counsels office led by robert mueller, and also the defense lawyers representing Michael Cohen. So two different sets of prosecutors and the defense for cohen. The judge, good morning to all of you. And i note the presence of the defendant, mr. Cohen at the counsel table. This matter is on for sentencing. Are the parties ready to proceed . Nick reuss says yes, your hono , they all say yes, your honor. The judge says, do you wish to be heard on behalf of mr. Cohen . He says, i do, your honor. Thank you. May it please the court, your honor. My partner and i have had the privilege of representing Michael Cohen and the honor of having met some of the members of his family present here today in court. And he goes on to talk about the family members of Michael Cohen who are there and talks about the letters of support that he and his cocounsel have submitted to the court from people who liked Michael Cohen or say hes helped them in the past. But the facts at the start of todays sentencing, his defense lawyer goes right to the big picture. Right to making the case to the judge for why Michael Cohen should be treated with mercy, with thanks even from a grateful nation. So that is how Michael Cohens defense opens up. He stood up to power. He stood up to the most powerful person in the country. In helping robert mueller, which mueller absolutely says cohen has done, Michael Cohen took a gamble. He believed the president could have killed off the Mueller Investigation at any time, which would have left Michael Cohen with no one to vouch for the fact that he had tried to help. Michael cohen should be treated leniently. If he is treated leniently, not only will that be the right thing to do, but it will give others the courage to also come forward to help. Very heady stuff. And then this, the very next thing he does. This is when cohens defense lawyer throws a big spitball at the president s campaign chairman, paul manafort, who it should be noted is also a felon. You know who you are, small manafort, prehenldzing inprete cooperate. On the issue of how helpful he was or wasnt to the prosecutors in the Southern District of new york, that ends up being really major factor today in cohen getting three years in federal prison. Well have some fresh reporting on that in just a few minutes. I think thats still a pretty opaque issue and one thats ended up being really important for Michael Cohens ultimate fate. But you should know, you should also know that this is a historic thing today, you should also know what happened when Michael Cohen himself today up today, literally stood up to make his case to the judge. The way it went down is after all the lawyers had said their piece, it was Michael Cohen face to face with the judge, Michael Cohen making his own case for himself. And then the judge, right then and there immediately in response telling him his fate. Victor frankl in his book, he wrote, there are forces beyond your control that can take away everything you possess, except one thing your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. Your honor, this may seem hard to believe, but today is one of but today is one of the most meaningful days of my life. The irony is today is the day im getting my freedom back. As you sit at the bench and you contemplate my fate, ive been living in a personal and mental incarceration since the fateful day that i accepted the offer to work for a famous real estate mogul. I know now that theres little to be admired. I want to be clear, i blame myself for the conduct which brought me here today and it was my own weakness and a Blind Loyalty to this man that led me to choose a path of darkness over light. So i chose to participate in the illicit act of the president rather than listen to my own inner voice which should have rned me that the Campaign Finance violations were insidious. Recently the president tweeted a statement calling me weak, and he was correct. But for a much different reason than he was implying. Time and time again i felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds rather than listen to my own inner voice and moral compass. My weakness can be characterized as a Blind Loyalty to donald trump and i was weak for not having refused his demands. Ive spent years living in a personal and mental incarceration, which no matter what is decided today, own thing mistake will free me to be the person i really am. Now, at this point, his statement goes on and he makes what seems to be a heartfelt statement of love for his family and his shame for having brought them so much pain by his actions and his crimes. This is, in fact, where cohen says he didnt enter into a Cooperation Agreement with federal prosecutors in new york in order to spare his family, and again, thats an opaque thing. Well have more on that later. But then this is how he closes his statement, with him begging the judge for his consideration, with an apology or two or three. And him also bringing it all back to the president. At this point he tears up in his statement in court and says and then if youve never seen one of these things, the real life drama you dont realize until youre in the middle of it, is that right after the defendant, Michael Cohen in this case, makes this tearful standing, mantoman, you know, beseeching and personal plea to the judge, right then the judge lays it down. Theres no buffer there. It just its dramatic. Heres how that part of the transcript go. The judge says, you may be seated and says this is immediately after cohen is standing there crying and beseeching the judge for his forgiveness. The judge then explains the sentencing guidelines range for cohens crimes and explains his reasoning at some length as to why some things about the cohen case make things worse for him whe when it comes to a sent tense and then says one thing about the president specifically, thats very important and a very specific thing. Were going to get to that in a second. But heres how the plot ended today in court for Michael Cohen. The judge then the judge spells out the fines and the restitution that adding up to a couple million dollars. Cohen technically gets two months in prison specifically for lying to congress, but that wont be extra time. The judge says that twomonth sentence can be served concurrently with the three years hell otherwise be doing. Thats how it ended today for cohen. Cohen will report for prison in the first week of march. Today, he left the courtroom and then he left the courthouse in Lower Manhattan without saying another word. But there are pieces of this that follow him out. And part of it is the question of his ongoing cooperation, and again, more on that coming up on the show tonight, including from people who have spoken with him as he approached his sentencing today. Theres also the very brief russia specific comments made by the special counsels office in court today, too. Very brief comments for the prosecutor, from the special counsels office saying that he has helped substantively on the core questions that relate to russia, that are at the heart of the special counsels inquiry. There are questions as to what Michael Cohen can help with when it comes to the russia part of this. But heres the thing that i think is most immediate, and the most important big new thing that happened here today. Right after Michael Cohen was sentenced today, the federal Prosecutors Office, the same prosecutors who just prosecuted him for these crimes today and hut pill away for three years, just minutes after cohens sentence was handed down today, this dramatic hearing with the judge, that same Prosecutors Office unsealed this. It is a statement of admitted facts and a nonprosecution agreement that were unsealed today as soon as cohen was sentenced. And what these documents are, theyre basically the first public revelations of an agreement that was secretly entered into between these same prosecutors, and one of the other parties who was involved in the Campaign Finance felonies, that we learned today are going to put cohen in prison and the same felonies that cohen himself, the prosecutors in the case and the federal judge in this case all say that President Trump was involved in, too. Now, i mentioned just a moment ago that there was one thing that the judge said at the end of the sentencing today that was specific and important and it was about the president. This is it, these were the comments from the judge that i think are really important as to what might happen next. That is the judge speaking today from the bench, individual one in this context is, of course, the president of the United States. And those felonies, according to prosecutors and now according to the judge, involved Michael Cohen and the president making or facilitating payments during the campaign that were Illegal Campaigns designed to influence the election. So moments after we get that important statement from the judge, underscoring that part of the prosecutions case, hey, this is about cohen, but he did this with the president , moments later, we get formal notice from the prosecutors in this case that, yeah, one of the other parties who participated with cohen and trump in the commission of that felony, the Media Company ami, American Media, inc. That made one of these illegal payments, have been cooperating with prosecutors and we know in september, that Company Secured a formal agreement that protects them from being prosecuted for this crime, because theyre helping prosecutors nail it down. If prosecutors are nailing this down, who all is implicated in this illegal payment scheme. Theyve got Michael Cohen now. Theyve effectively named the president as his conspirator, right . But his coconspirator in this felony, but maybe the president himself cant be indicted while hes president. Well, now we know as of today they told the Media Company that committed this crime with them that the Media Company is off the hook in exchange for their cooperation. Well, is there nibble else potentially in trouble for this felony given what prosecutors have made public about the nature of this crime and what they know about it . Yeah. Yeah, as it turns out, yeah there is someone else potentially in trouble here. And they dont have a nonprosecution agreement. And they dont have immunity. Because thats the president s company, and specifically the Decision Makers inside his company who would have had the authority in that company to help pull Something Like this off at the time that it happened during the campaign. And there appear to be five people who fit that bill. One of whom is the Trump Organizations financial chief Financial Officer Allen Weissleberg. Hes been granted immunity by prosecutors in exchange for his assistance in this matter. Then the other four people who were inside the Trump Organization at the time this felony was committed, who apparently would have had the authority within the company to make Something Like this happen. They happen to be four people who were employed as top executives at the Trump Organization, who all have the same last name. We have known already for months that there is an open federal grand jury investigation into the Trump Organization in new york. The president s business. Prosecutors have now made clear to the court in public facing filings and statements that the Trump Organization was used to aid in the commission of a Campaign Finance felony. A Campaign Finance felony, which at least one person is already going to prison for. As of today, everybody else involved in that felony is either going to prison or they have been granted immunity. They were either granted immunity by prosecutors or granted immunity indirectly by virtue of the fact that being president may grant immunity of its own. But being the president s business does not grant you immunity from prosecution. Nor does being the president s adult child. How exactly theyre implicated in this and what they might be looking down the barrel of from federal prosecutors in new york is something that we can detail quite granularly. And we have more on that next. Stay with us. But believe me. Im not your average consumer. Thats why i switched to Liberty Mutual. They customized my Car Insurance, so i only pay for what i need. And as a man. Uh. Or a woman. With very specific needs that i cant tell you about say cheese. Mr. Landry . Oh no. Hi mr. Landry Liberty Mutual customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Our because of smoking. Ital. But we still had to have a cigarette. Had to. But then, we were like. 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But they entered sbinto this de with prosecutors in sent. Prosecutors said the company wouldnt be prosecuted for making an Illegal Campaign contribution to the Trump Campaign when they paid 150,000 to a woman specifically to keep her from talking about her alleged affair with donald trump before election day. Now, in exchange for that nonprosecution, the company had to agree to help prosecutors. And they had to admit their conduct. This is from prosecutors today. And in order to assure the woman didnt publish damaging allegations about the candidate before the 2016 election. Th they admitted the purpose was to suppress the womans story to keep it from influencing the election. So ami previously maintained that they were really interested in paying this woman 150,000 for her tips on like toning your abs and stuff. Theyre now admitting that was a 150,000 payment designed to influence the election. So this is federal prosecutors getting an admission from this company that the 150,000 was intended to influence the election. And importantly, that it was spent in concert with the president s campaign. Thats the language that theyre using. Now, we know that the president s campaign in this instance means Michael Cohen. We also know that it means the president himself, landmark reporting on this story in the wall street journal just last month, showed that when they were setting up this scheme to have ami pay off women to benefit trump during the campaign, trump himself directly worked with cohen on the overall plot and on the specific payments. So we know the doing this in concert with the campaign means cohen, through good open source reporting and it means the president himself. So thats one thing to know here. The campaign here means the president. At least the president , if not others. But then the second thing here is the money. So the Justice Department went out of its way to say this when they announced cohens sentence today. In 2016, Michael Cohen made or caused two separate payments to women to ensure that they did not publicly disclose their alleged affairs with the president ial candidate in advance of the election. In one instance, cohen caused American Media inc, to make 150,000 payment to one woman. In the other, 130,000 payment to another woman through an llc he incorporated. Cohenreimbursed for the last service. Cohen made or caused both these payments in order to influence the 2016 election, and did so in coordination with one or more members of the campaign. So part of the scheme here, as outlined by federal prosecutors, as they secure prison time for Michael Cohen in conjunction with these felonies, part of the scheme here is the fact that cohen was paid back the money he used to commit this felony. It was the Trump Organization that paid Michael Cohen back. But according to prosecutors, not just according to open source reporting but prosecutors, the Trump Organization covered up what the money was for. They called it a legal retainer, when it was no such thing. Thats according to prosecutors today. We also know that the Trump Organization paid cohen a ton more money that he supposedly needed as this reimbursement here. Cohen paid out 130,000 in that Illegal Campaign contribution, but the Trump Organization reimbursed him way more than that. He paid out into,0130,000, pay him back 420,000. If the coverup of the illegal payment is part of the crime that prosecutors are pursuing here, all of this financial dancing around and all of this financial lying, in order to cover up what was really going on here, if the financial coverup is part of what prosecutors are pursuing here, and as of today it seems like they are, then are they about to charge the Trump Organization for falsifying their own records to cover up what Michael Cohen did . Prosecutors are saying those were false records. That koefr ecovered up what mic cohen did in concert with the campaign by which we mean donald trump. The Trump Organization covered it up by lying in their financial records about what the trail was of the money. Well, who actually cut those checks to Michael Cohen when theyre giving him hundreds of thousands of extra dollars on top of what they were calling his legal retainer, even though it wasnt a legal retainer and it was understood to be reimbursement for the illegal payments he made. If thats what prosecutors are knowing, we should know who cut those checks, right . In a deposition about the Trump University fraud in 2015, Allen Weissleberg said under oath in a deposition that the same small group of people have check writing authority across all of the different trump related entities. This is from that deposition. All our entities. So the answer is, trump, trumps adult children, and Allen Weissleberg. Those are the people that could cut checks at all trump related entities. Weissleberg has been granted immunity now in this case in exchange to help prosecutors. Ami got immunity. Allen weissleberg got immunity. Well, that leaves the president and his adult kids. And the overt contention by federal prosecutors now is that whoever had check writing authority at the Trump Organization, they used the president s business to cover up the financial trail of this felony, which is apparently a trail these prosecutors are pursuing. In part by giving immunity in exchange for cooperation to everybody else involved in this felony, who isnt named trump. Hes got legs of lumber and arms of steel he eats a bowl of hammers at every meal he holds your house in the palm of his hand hes your home and auto man big jim, hes got you covered great big jim, there aint no other so, this is covered, right . Yes, maam. Take care of it for you right now. Giddyup hi this is jamie. We need some help. 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Thanks, rachel. Why until today . You are no longer a lawyer associated with Michael Cohen . Well, lawyers have constraints, and the cases over the sentencing process is completed. Now my media ability to talk and explain and i can speak much more freely, and im now exercising my First Amendment rights. Okay. You have said in the wake of todays proceedings, and actually heading into todays proceedings, that mr. Cohen wants to not only to continue to cooperate with the Mueller Investigation and continue to speak with prosecutors, but he wants to speak publicly about what he knows about President Trump. What do you mean by that . I am thinking of john dean in 1974, whose crimes included very serious obstruction of justice, tampering with witnesses, doing a lot of the evil work in the Nixon White House that he ultimately owned up to. But there was a moment, and he and i have talked about that moment where he needed to tell the truth about what he had seen and heard, even though he was involving himself in all of those crimes. And that moment will come for Michael Cohen. Not before mr. Mueller does his work, and makes his report. But i am certainly hopeful that Michael Cohen will have that moment to tell the American People as he so eloquently and humbly did today in his statement to the court, not only his regret if taking ownership of all of the things that he did for donald trump that hes not proud of, but the truth about what he knows about donald trump that led him to what i believe is a genuine change in himself, to change and tell the truth because he found the president , donald trump, as dangerous to his family and to the country. That pivot point for mr. Cohen, did that relate to the core issues at the heart of the special counsels investigation . Special counsel prosecutor janie reed today said in court mr. Cohen has provided evidence directly related to russia is. That part of what made Michael Cohen decide to essentially flip against the president , his concerns on the russia matter . First of all, thank you for reminding that mr. Mueller used those words, core issues. Very important words. And Michael Cohen spoke to them and they have not been set forth yet. Secondly, there were multiple, emotional, personal changes that occurred in Michael Cohen after donald trump became president , leading him to call me in long, heartfelt conversations about the changes he was undergoing, the regrets he had. It all comes down to a sentence that he said to me, and i remember the moment, and i called my law partner to say, i think this is for real. And that was, he recognizes donald trump as president , was a danger to his family and to the country. And he emphasized as president what he had done before trump became president , because he never imagined he would be elected president. He felt shame about and he articulated that. But the notion that this man, that he did so much bad things for and defended so many bad things, was now president of the United States showing the mental instability that scared him regarding the safety and welfare, not just of his family, but the country, to me was the Pivotal Moment on the telephone that i thought this is for real. The count that mr. Cohen pled guilty to last, lying to congress about the trump tower moscow project, he received a 50,000 fine for that today and two months concurrent running with his otherwise threeyear long sentence. There have been suggestions in the Court Filings around that charge, that mr. Cohen was in communication with the white house about that testimony before he gave it. The question is i feel like were very close to having an answer to the question of whether or not the white house or President Trump specifically advised Michael Cohen to lie to congress about trump tower, moscow. Did cohen come up with those lies on his own or did he get advice from the white house telling him he should lie about that matter . Im dedicated tonight, not to answer questions that only mr. Mueller knows the answers to and let him give the answers, and then mr. Cohen, i hope, will be elaborating. But i can answer that mr. Mueller was very harsh about mr. Cohen premeditatively publicizing those lies, and consulting with the white house, and nobody at the white house told him not to lie. So cohen was open with the white house about the fact that his testimony about the fact of his testimony, that it was going to be testimony that was a lie and the white house didnt say, dont do it in correct. And mr. Mueller is the one who said those words, when he said premeditated, and he publicized the remarks to congress that were lies about the moscow the timing of the communication with high officials the president knew that cohen was going to say it he released his testimony according to mr. Mueller before he gave it, at the same time he was talking to the white house. And nobody in the white house said thats not true, dont lie. Coverup off worse than the crime. Lanny davis who, until today, was a lawyer associated with Michael Cohen, has left the legal team but continues to speak with mr. Cohen. I imagine will be involved as a spokesman role going forward, perhaps . You can see by my gray hair, im an adviser and a friend. Lanny davis, thank you for coming in. Much nor to come. Stay with us. Im snow. And just like you, the further into winter we go, the heavier i get. And while your pants struggle to support the heavier you, your roof struggles to support the heavier me. [laughter] whoo. [crash] and your cutrate insurance might not pay for this. So get allstate, you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. Mayhem is everywhere. So get an allstate agent. Are you in good hands . Our because of smoking. Ital. But we still had to have a cigarette. Had to. But then, we were like. What are we doing . The nicodermcq patch helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Nicodermcq. You know why, we know how. Joining us now is someone not just in the courtroom today as Michael Cohen was being sentenced, but who has been covering him closely all along. Emily jane fox, Senior Reporter at vanity fair. Thank you very much for being here. Thank you for having me. I understand that you have spoken with mr. Cohen since the sentencing . I was in court today. I saw him and his family actually enter the court as they happen to be entering at the same time. It was a it was interesting, because half the room was reporters, right . So half the people have notebooks in their lap and were writing everything down, and half the room it felt like people who were cohens family and very close friends. And so you had a group of, lets call them looky h y lous to abs all the information. And a group of people that were emotional about the decision. This was something not just of muellers investigation or a plot line in this insanetela novella were all living through every day. This was a very personal human thing to half of that room. To have that split was fascinating to watch. And i dont think anyone whichever side you were on did not walk out of that courtroom without feeling something. The judge made clear today these were serious crimes and that is why he was sentencing him in a tough way. He was getting 36 months in prison and hefty fines and penalties and there was a strong case and reason for that. That is not to say that you didnt feel for the human being in that room who was standing up there saying i made mistakes because i was weak and i made mistakes because i didnt listen to my inner voice, and and vow to do better and im sorry for my family, and thats the worst sentence of all. Let me ask you the part of it that didnt make sense to me. I understand the heartfelt case ehes making about his family and speaking in blunt terms about the president and what went wrong between him and the president and having admired the president s business acumen, and that rings true and i follow him. But i dont get it why he talks about why he didnt enter into a Cooperation Agreement with new york federal prosecutors, which ultimately is the ting that probably resulted ibhim getting the sentence he got today. Federal prosecutors in new york argue, yeah, we understand he was helpful to the special prosecutor, he wasnt helpful to us in the way we value in this district. Were not going to tell the judge to go easy on him. And his lawyer stands up and says its not the case hes declined to answer questions from the Southern District, state law enforcement, hes ready to do that, hes wary of a longterm Cooperation Agreement for personal reasons and he wants both to remove himself and his family from the glare of the cameras and try to work his way and their way back from an abnormal life. The period of such an agreement would be indeterminant. And then michael in his own comments to the judge reiterated that with a sort of twist and said i want i didnt cooperate because i want this i want to be sentenced quickly so my sentence can end more quickly so i can get home. How do you make sense of this . What theyre explaining isnt logical. So their explanation is if youre a cooperating witness it could go on for months, you could be in this sort of legal purgatory for months, it could go years. And their discussion was lets get the sentence and get this over with. Its hard to imagine it would go on for more than three years, which is what hes going to serve in prison. Uhhuh. The way i understood it when i heard that explanation over the last couple of days before it was explained to me, was to be a formal cooperating witness in the Southern District of new york, which is zingt, you have to tell them everything from when you were born to what youve done to. Anything youve ever witnessed from everybody. And i think for some people that is deterrent. Emily jane fox, senior reporting at vanity fair, thank you very much. I have a feeling this is not the end of the cohen saga. Stay tuned. Appreciate it. Much more. Well be back. Stay with us. music throughout spread a little love today spread a little love myy way spread a Little Something to remember philadelphia cream cheese. Made with fresh milk and real cream makes your recipes their holiday favourites. 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Considerable suspense around his potential case and whatever else were going to find out in federal court. But around 10 30 a. M. Tomorrow a new Advent Calendar door pops open. Tis the season. Stay with us. I cant tell you who i am or what i witnessed, but i can tell you Liberty Mutual customized my Car Insurance so i only pay for what i need. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. honking when your craving strikes, you need your wing nut. no one can totally satisfy a craving, quite like your wing nut. That does it for us tonight. We will see you again tomorrow when itll be were going to have another wild legal day tomorrow in the russia scandal. Good evening, rachel. And boy, the Michael Cohen transcript surely reads like a pretty dramatic day in court. Daniel goldman was in the courtroom. Hes going to join us, and he says, yeah, it really was. The air was thick with drama. One of the fascinating things was mha