A federal judge in New York sentenced Michael Cohen to three years in prison on Dec. 12, for tax evasion, bank fraud, campaign-finance violations, and lying to Congress.
Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, was indicted as a result of the Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller and was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Cohen’s crimes are not related to allegations of collusion with Russia, the core theme of Mueller’s probe.
