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
take away from what the judge said following up on what mimi rocah just said. yes, mimi is absolutely right. i think that judge pauley made a point of not only emphasizing the campaign finance and false statements to congress which do rel relate to the president, but was also particularly moved by michael cohen s commission of the crime for his own personal b benefit. referencing the fact that he had committed the tax fraud and the bank fraud. michael cohen spoke for a while in court and longer than most defendants do. and he emphasized the fact that he committed many of these crimes from what he called blind loyalty to the president. in the end, the judge, judge pauley recognized that only two of the groups of crimes really did relate to the president, and he sentenced him quite harshly in large part he found that cohen s criminal activity