Right now the judge is reading the charges after mr. Cohen told the court, i am truly sorry and i promises to do better. He Apologize Nod country. And the defense team is asking for full consideration of mercy and telling the judge that the client came forward to offer evidence against the most p powerful man in the country not knowing the result. The prosecutors are responding forcefully and saying that powerful and privileged individuals cannot violate laws without impunity, and back with me, this tremendous panel, Danny Cevallos, Ken Delainian, and elliott and jill winebank. And jill, what do you make of what we have heard so far in this robust apology that we have heard from Michael Cohen saying that he was acting out of Blind Loyalty to donald trump. Of course, the phrase Blind Loyalty to donald trump reminds
me of the book by john dean Blind Ambition and there is some similarity between the two of them where they were basically blinded by the power of the president. But you can o
sentenced to 36 months? yes. and, tom is apparently having trouble hearing us, so we will go back to danny cevallos, and danny, very quickly, we have a few seconds and then we are going to be getting to tom. what is the mood out there at the courthouse? there is definitely a buzz and you can tell that something is about to happen, because people have started to take notice, and so whether or not some of the parties, the government attorneys or someone may be exiting the courthouse. he was seen breaking down several times speaking to judge pauley speaking about the family. he said that today is the first day of his are freedom, afreedo been incarcerated since the
dann danny? that is right. and just to piggyback on lanny davis comments. i agree with what mimi said earlier with you that i don t believe that lanny davis fully understands the cooperation process, but guy petrullo absolutely does. he made a comment in court today and he made several comments critical of the southern district process and at one point he said facetiously about the cooperation process that the southern district uses that it has been given to us by the minor gods and woe to those who fail to follow the scriptures and so he was quite harsh in what he said, and he later said that he thought that it was notable that a sibling office of the department of justice, and meaning the special counsel s office and he called it curious that they were vouching for his cooperation, and he said that it is fundamentally unfair to put forth hypothetical situations