Clearly excited after his trade deal detente triumph, President Trump has been spraying out tweets at a breakneck pace Monday morning, veering from hints about the forthcoming US-China trade accord (China will reverse some of its auto tariffs, Trump says) to his hopes for ending the US-China-Russia arms race.
But by mid-morning, Trump had circled back to domestic issues – specifically his ongoing feud with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his former personal attorney Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty last week to one count of lying to Congress. Reports last week suggested that Cohen is asking to be spared jail time in exchange for his testimony against the president, which supports Trump’s claim that Cohen is lying about the president to save himself, Trump tweeted to demand that his former attorney be made to serve “the full sentence.” Trump seethed that Cohen could avoid punishment for his many crimes unrelated to the Trump campaign by “making up stories to get a GREAT & ALREADY reduced deal for himself and his wife and father-in-law (who has the money?) off Scott Free.”
“He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence.”
“Michael Cohen asks judge for no Prison Time.” You mean he can do all of the TERRIBLE, unrelated to Trump, things having to do with fraud, big loans, Taxis, etc., and not serve a long prison term? He makes up stories to get a GREAT & ALREADY reduced deal for himself, and get…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018
….his wife and father-in-law (who has the money?) off Scott Free. He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018
In his sentencing memo, Cohen’s lawyers claim that Cohen and his family have already suffered enough due to Cohen’s decision to cooperate. The memo also revealed new details about what Cohen told Mueller, including that Cohen personally kept “Client 1” (believed to be Trump) apprised of his discussions with the Russians through at least June 2016 (Cohen had previously told Congress that discussions about a possible Trump Tower Moscow had unraveled in January.
Cohen is expected to be sentenced Dec. 12.
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