Michael Cohen may regret selling his soul, prosecutors told a judge Thursday — but that doesn’t mean he should be granted a reduced sentence.
President Trump’s former fixer last week begged a judge to reduce his three year sentence to a year and a day, claiming he’d spent some 170 hours with government agencies providing cooperation.
Yet prosecutors write that Cohen was nothing more than a shoddy witness and a liar, whose so-called snitching led absolutely nowhere within their office.
“Cohen never made a meaningful effort to engage in serious cooperation but instead engaged in a protracted public relations campaign, in which he sought to cast himself as both victim and hero,” court papers read.
The 53-year-old disbarred lawyer, who was convicted of crimes including violating US campaign finance laws, is serving out his sentence at upstate New York prison Otisville.
He surrendered in May, meaning he’ll be out early next year if Manhattan federal court judge William Pauley grants his request.
Pauley has yet to rule.