Michael Cohen (lawyer)

Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen
	Cohen in 2011
Born	Michael Dean Cohen; August 25, 1966 (age 57); Lawrence, New York, U.S.
Education	American University (BA); Cooley Law School (JD);
Political party	Democratic (before 2002; 2004–2017; 2018–present); Republican (2002–2004; 2017–2018);
Spouse	Laura Shusterman (m. 1995)
Children	2
Conviction(s)	Fraud; Perjury
Criminal charge	5 counts of tax evasion; 1 count of making false statements to a financial institution; 1 count of willfully causing an unlawful corporate contribution; 1 count of making an excessive campaign contribution at the request of a candidate or campaign; 1 count of making false statements to a congressional committee;
Penalty	3 years in prison; fines; asset forfeiture; disbarment

Michael Dean Cohen (born August 25, 1966) is an American attorney and convicted felon. He worked as a lawyer for Donald Trump from 2006 until he was fired in May 2018.

Cohen was a vice-president of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Donald Trump,^[1] and was co-president of Trump Entertainment and was a board member of the Eric Trump Foundation.^[2]

As of April 2018^[update], he has been under investigation by federal prosecutors on multiple matters, including bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations due to payments made by him in the Stormy Daniels–Trump scandal.^[3]^[4] The investigation led to him pleading guilty on August 21, 2018 to eight counts of campaign finance violations, tax fraud, and bank fraud.^[5] On December 12, 2018, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison.^[6]

Cohen, after his conviction, wrote a memoir titled Disloyal, where he accused Trump of telling him to commit the crimes he was convicted of, and talked about his other personal stories.

References[change | change source]

↑ Helderman, Rosalind (January 19, 2017). "Michael Cohen will stay Trump's personal attorney – even in the White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
↑ Nathan-Kazis, Josh (July 20, 2015). "Meet Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's Jewish Wingman". The Forward. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
↑ Apuzzo, Matt (April 9, 2018). "F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump's Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen". The New York Times.
↑ Leonnig, Carol D.; Hamburger, Tom; Barrett, Devlin (April 9, 2018). "Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for unknown reasons". The Washington Post.
↑ "Michael Cohen Says He Arranged Payments to Women at Trump's Direction". The New York Times. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
↑ "Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen jailed for 36 months". BBC News. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2018-12-12.

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[WP-1] Helderman, Rosalind (January 19, 2017). "Michael Cohen will stay Trump's personal attorney – even in the White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

[Nathan-Kazis-2] Nathan-Kazis, Josh (July 20, 2015). "Meet Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's Jewish Wingman". The Forward. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

[nytimes2018-3] Apuzzo, Matt (April 9, 2018). "F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump's Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen". The New York Times.

[WaPoInvest-4] Leonnig, Carol D.; Hamburger, Tom; Barrett, Devlin (April 9, 2018). "Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for unknown reasons". The Washington Post.

[5] "Michael Cohen Says He Arranged Payments to Women at Trump's Direction". The New York Times. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018.

[BBC_12/12/2018-6] "Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen jailed for 36 months". BBC News. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2018-12-12.

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