INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
three years in prison on Wednesday for multiple crimes."It was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds," Cohen said as he pleaded for leniency
before US District Judge William H
Pauley III.Cohen, 52, said he was taking responsibility for his crimes "including those implicating the President of the United States of
America."Cohen's lawyers had asked for no jail time after he pleaded guilty to tax evasion, making false statements to a financial
institution, illegal campaign contributions, and making false statements to Congress.But Judge Pauley sentenced Cohen to three years in
jail.Among the charges against Cohen was making "hush money" payments to two women who had threatened to go public during the 2016
presidential election campaign with claims they had affairs with Trump.Trump this week sought to minimize the importance of the payments
saying they were a "simple private transaction" and that they were "wrongly" being called campaign contributions.(Except for the headline,
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