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4 Takeaways From Michael Cohen’s Sentencing
“I have been living in a personal and mental incarceration ever since the fateful day that I accepted the offer to work for a famous real estate mogul whose business acumen I truly admired,” Mr. Cohen told the judge. “In fact, I now know that there is little to be admired.”
He said he blamed himself for the conduct that had brought him before the judge. “I was weak for not having the strength to question and to refuse his demands,” he said of Mr. Trump.
Mr. Cohen seemed almost emboldened as he continued to speak openly about the man he said he had blindly served.
“Your Honor, this may seem hard to believe, but today is one of the most meaningful days of my life,” he said. “The irony is today is the day I am getting my freedom back as you sit at the bench and you contemplate my fate.”
