Cohen! 3 years in prison!! And $1.4 million in restitution

[Roland99]

Judge says he will allow Cohen to voluntarily surrender on March 6.

Remember, the high end of the sentencing guideline range discussed at the start of the hearing was 63 months -- more than five years.

While three years is significant, it is on the lower end of the sentencing recommendations

Cohen gets 2 months concurrent for lying to Congress.

Cohen also hit with forfeiture of $500,000, restitution of $1.4 million and a fine of $50,000.

Pauley sentences Cohen to 36 months.

Cohen appears to be going to prison. Judge Pauley says a message needs to be sent here.

"While Mr. Cohen was taking steps to mitigate his criminal conduct by pleading guilty and volunteering useful information to prosecutors, that does not wipe the slate clean," Pauley said.

Judge says he cannot agree with defense that prison time unwarranted.

Judge says he can't consider possible future cooperation by Cohen.

[milestogo]

1. Not long enough.

[FakeNoose]

19. He's losing his license, he can't ever "practice" law again

... not that he was doing much anyway. The guy's career is ruined, he might as well drive a cab when he gets out.
It's pretty bad.

[mobeau69]

2. Good! The judge didn't buy his BS attempts to gain sympathy.

[Roland99]

3. Guess he should have cooperated more before. Too late now

[mobeau69]

4. He shouldn't have gotten involved with dotard to begin with.

He made his bed.

[wiggs]

16. Not too late. He can and should and must cooperate further and jailtime will help him decide to

do that. If he does, he can petition for further sentence reduction...as I understand.

[wiggs]

17. I imagine it's conceivable, maybe likely, that he will be charged with more indictments as

the investigation moves along in the manner Mueller and congress decide is appropriate. He may not be done.

[BSdetect]

5. He helped a traitor so f him

[csziggy]

6. Judge says he can't consider possible future cooperation by Cohen.

Of course not - Cohen had plenty of chances to come clean before this. He refused to fully divulge what he knew about possible Trump crimes in New York. Even if he has a come to Jesus moment once he steps through those prison doors, it is too fucking late.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. The Manafort Thing Too, Ziggy

The judge can't consider it for that reason either. Manafort promised to cooperate and then lied to investigators and shared information to disrupt their further efforts.

If the judge took future cooperation into consideration, and he didn't really help much, the sentence would have already been laid forth.

So, yeah, the judge couldn't have done that.

[marylandblue]

7. Judge was easy on him, he got the low end of the guidelines

And although the judge can't consider future cooperation, if he does continue to cooperate, he can asked for a reduced sentence afterward.

[Linda Ed]

23. Probably won't have to serve the full 36 months

but if he does,,it gives him plenty of time to write a book..Isn't that what they all do?

[underpants]

8. Says who? Da Judge that's who

[dem4decades]

9. It won't be justice if he serves more time than Trump.

[triron]

12. Trump is guilty of far worse.

[Paladin]

10. It's a start..... (nt)

[lpbk2713]

11. More than three months before he has to report.

Anyone else would be on the prison bus this afternoon.

[Wellstone ruled]

13. He will be called before Congress

next year. Mueller will now work this Guy to no end.

[Roland99]

18. And here's some related case info

Link to tweet

[Wellstone ruled]

22. That was huge.

Just caught the read out on the TV,Pecker kind of burned Trumpy in a big way. Learned years ago to read or listen to the exact wording of these statements.

Donnie the dipshit is in MAGA deep trouble.

[onenote]

14. I'm guessing you have no experience in this area

It actually is quite common for individuals convicted of non-violent crimes, who are out on bond, to be given anywhere from 1 to 3 months from the date their sentence is handed down until the date they have to report to prison.

[lpbk2713]

15. Your guess is correct.

Thank you for your input.

[TheRealNorth]

29. I kind of feel cheated

Of not seeing Cohen do the perp walk.

[Honeycombe8]

20. How can he hope to pay that back? $1.4 Million! He can't profit from a book...

can he? He can write one, and it would sell. But isn't there a law you can't profit from your crimes by writing a book? Maybe that's only before you serve the full sentence.

OTOH, maybe a movie will be made, and he can be a consultant on it.

Otherwise, without a law license, how is there even hope that he can pay that restitution?

Oh, wait. He owns some ritzy condos, I think. There you go. He can have a fire sale.

[Equinox Moon]

27. Restitution for whom and to whom?

How does that work I wonder?

[thesquanderer]

31. I think it's what's owed to the IRS

since charges included tax evasion

[Equinox Moon]

34. Thank you for a response

[Fritz Walter]

21. At the risk of repeating myself

[aggiesal]

24. This brings Mueller's total to about ...

$43.4M - $47.4M

Cohen's $1.4M

Manafort's $42M - $46M
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/17/mueller-probe-could-turn-a-profit-thanks-to-manafort-assets.html

[Equinox Moon]

26. $1.4 million restitution to whom?

[Roland99]

30. My guess? The govt for avoiding taxes

But I haven’t seen confirmation yet

[Equinox Moon]

32. Thanks for responding Roland99

[onenote]

33. Exactly right.

The criminal information stated that his tax evasion resulted in his not paying $1.4 million in taxes owed.

[pamdb]

28. Cohen

If he behaves, which I have no doubt he will, he'll be out in 18 months.

[enid602]

35. Life

He’ll probably be getting out about the same time his boss starts his life sentence.

[OnDoutside]

36. Lock him up !

Link to tweet