President Speaks to Fox on Cohen Sentencing

President Trump gave a major interview to Fox News’s Harris Faulkner, explaining what he thought of the Michael Cohen sentencing. Fox News reports:

President Trump, in his first interview since Michael Cohen was sentenced to prison, told Fox News on Thursday that he never directed his former fixer to do anything wrong and called Cohen’s allegations to the contrary an attempt to “embarrass” him.

“I never directed him to do anything wrong,” the president told host Harris Faulkner in an exclusive interview on Fox News’ “Outnumbered Overtime.” “Whatever he did, he did on his own.”

Cohen, who worked as Trump’s lawyer for years before later turning against his boss, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge in New York after pleading guilty to numerous crimes, while cooperating with prosecutors. Those crimes included tax evasion and campaign-finance violations — pertaining to hush-money payments during the 2016 campaign to two women who claimed past affairs with Trump. Cohen, speaking in court, implicated the president in those transactions, saying he felt it was his duty to cover up the president’s “dirty deeds.”

In the interview with Faulkner at the White House, Trump said he believes Cohen cut a deal with prosecutors to “embarrass me” in an attempt to get a lesser sentence.

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Cohen’s plea has obviously shaken up a media buzz, and President Trump’s interview will hopefully set the record straight.

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Jay L. Stern
Jay L. Stern
5 years ago

Cohen is no G. Gordon Liddy who understood the meaning of loyalty and patriosm, even to being a political prisoner for four, long years.

Tom
Tom
5 years ago

I certainly agree with the President, and I also don’t think the President would coherce Cohen to break the law, according to the other laws that Cohen broke, he certainly was not above breaking the law, it’s strange when you become a lawyer, you feel like you can break the law without being caught, just like I’m sure Mueller feels like he can do as well. Hillary is a good example of this theory, I guess everyone thinks she is truly untouchable, and maybe she is, only time will tell.

Jeff
Jeff
5 years ago
Reply to  Tom

The only justice Hilldebeast will see is when she STOPS Sucking Air!

franco
franco
5 years ago
Reply to  Tom

Cohen is in jail for all of his own tax issues and fraudulent acts!
NOTHING to do with President Trump!
He cheated in the deal with the NYC medallions and got caught1
CRY BABY trying to blame others!!!!

N
N
5 years ago

Deep State traitors are everywhere!The evil liberal demoncrat Commie Nazi party at work here!FOX NEWS!GOP House of RINOs!Don’t forget the RINOs(Gowdy,Ryan, Rubio,Romney,Sessions,Flakes, Roberts, etc) to name a few!Drain the rat infested Swamp, Pres Trump!

ROBert POWELL
ROBert POWELL
5 years ago

it looks like the only way we are going to get the swamp drained and the rats and cockroaches removed is hire the exterminators our self..RAID WHERE ARE YOU???????

Cliff Newman
Cliff Newman
5 years ago

God gave each of us a freewill, thus… we each make our own choices and decisions. Cohen made his decisions to act against and contrary to our President and… for or in collusion with the deep state enemies within. Mueller on the other hand… was (in fact) the head of the FBI and gave Hillary a free pass on her treasonous Uranium One deal so if Mueller is not able to discredit President Trump, Mueller goes to prison for treason (along with Hillary).

Shelba Herring
Shelba Herring
5 years ago

cohen didn’t implicate the president to embarrass him, he did it at mullers instigation, if he would implicate Trump in campaign violations he would recommend a lesser jail sentence to the judge, apparently it worked, three years for multiple crimes, if he didn’t have Mueller running interference for him wonder what his sentence would have been

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