Otherwise looked like a whole list of serious charges. the guy, his nickname is literally the taxi king. he was michael cohen s taxi business partner. he got this whole host of charges against him boiled down to basically nothing in a new york state courtroom in may in exchange for him becoming a cooperating witness for the government. so it made sense that anything that might have been a little bit hisnky, made sense that prosecutors nailed down evidence of that once they got his partner to cooperate, right. so him turning up in court, michael cohen turning up in court in august, it was dramatic but also sort of orderly in terms of us understanding. law enforcement in new york got search warrants to raid him and his office, they flip his business partner. within a matter of months they ve got him in court pleading guilty on five felony tax evasion charges. and a bank fraud charge.
lt man is an honest, honorable lawyer. after the secret tape leak. giuliani began singing a different tune about cohen on cnn. back against the wall he ll lie like crazy. he lied all his life. in august 2018. he made his first appearance at the federal courthouse. admitting guilt on charges. that day he glad handed his way into the federal courthouse in manhattan. not as a lawyer. but a defendant about to admit guilt. with the conviction of another former member of the president s inn inner circle. in a an entirely different court. filing false income tax returns. and foreign bank fraud charge. the president offered support
That was neither something the prosecutors alleged or something he had to do. it coincided to the hour of a conviction of the president s inner circle in and entire different federal court. paul manafort was convicted of eight felonies today including filing false income tax returns, failing to report foreign bank accounts, and another foreign bank fraud charge. the day after that double bomb shell, the president offered support to paul manafort on twitter, but not to michael cohen. i feel very badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family. unlikely michael cohen, he refused to break, make up stories in order to get a deal. he went further and took a sarcastic tone regarding the once lawyer supporter. if anyone wants a good lawyer, i strongly suggest you do not retain services of michael cohen. in the end, his arc, which was on a very upward trajectory are donald trump was undone by
That was something neither the prosecutors alleged nor something he had to do. these pleas coincided to the hour with another conviction of another member of the president s inner circle in another federal court. paul was convicted of eight felonies today including filing false income tax returns, failing to report foreign bank accounts, and another foreign bank fraud charge. the day after that, the president offered support to paul manafort on twitter, but not to michael cohen. i feel badly for paul and his wonderful family. unlike michael cohen, he refused to break, make up stories in order to get a deal. he went further and took a sarcastic tone regarding his once loyal supporter. if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest you don t retain the services of michael cohen. in the end, his arc, which was on a very upward trajectory with donald trump, was undone by the person who gave him that
Overabundance. they want to automate everything, including the way you think. don t let them. have a great evening in spite of all that. sean hannity is up next. we will turn it over to him a few seconds earlier. sean: great show. busy breaking news night. it s all over the place tonight. for well over a year, he has targeted president trump and everyone around him. just look at paul manafort, michael cohen. anything to do with russia? after 460 days, mueller has found literally zero evidence of trump-russia collusion. zero. the president is rightly calling out it s been nice to atone for what it is. this is now a national disgrace. in moments, we ll have an important on two individuals that are caught up in a special counsel s fishing expedition. paul manafort, now being tried on an old bank fraud charge and a trump campaign volunteer, george papadopoulos, who pled guilty to lying to the fbi.