2018, he felt it was his duty to cover-up trump s quote, dirty deeds. but cohen has since emerged as trump s key antagonists, billing secrets, trading insults, and warning the american people about he believes his former boss is capable of. cohen has testified against trump at a congressional hearing, cooperating and robert mueller s inquiry into trump s ties to russia, and provided information of a new york attorney general letitia james, and manhattan district attorney alvin bragg in their separate investigations into donald trump. michael cohen s break from trump has been consequential, and cohen can point to the exact moment when he realized there followed had begun. it was the moment that i was watching donald on television, he was sitting at the long table with a group of other individuals, arms crossed, looking very angry. and he made a statement on how gross it was that the fbi
also telling the judge today he takes full responsibility for his crimes, explaining he felt it was his duty, to, quote, cover up trump s dirty deeds. those dirty deeds, including, of course, the hush money payments to adult film star and director, stormy daniels and 1998 playboy magazine playmate of the year, karen mcdougal. and just minutes ago, prosecutors from the southern district announcing they reached a nonprosecution agreement with american media, inc., the parent company of the tabloid, the national enquirer, in connection with the hush money payment to karen mcdougal. and as part of this agreement, ami admitted, the payment was made in concert with the trump campaign. and that the primary purpose was to prevent mcdougle s story from, quote, influencing the election. let s get right to cnn s mj lee, outside the courthouse where michael cohen was sentenced this afternoon. mj, it seemed an emotional day for cohen and his family. reporter: a very emotional