In August, Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and financial crimes in a case brought by the U.S. attorney in Manhattan. In that plea, Cohen implicated Trump in hush-money payments to two women during the 2016 campaign to conceal affairs they said they had with Trump. Cohen, 52, is to be sentenced by Judge William H. Pauley III on Dec. 12 on the charges in both cases. Cohen also provided the attorney general’s office with documents concerning “a separate open inquiry,” the memo added, also offering no elaboration. The memo notably depicts Cohen as an unsophisticated and flawed man who was trying to please an exacting, demanding and powerful boss — Trump.

Source: National Post December 01, 2018 17:15 UTC