Michael Cohen Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison Following Plea That Implicated Trump

Michael Cohen, right, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, arrived at federal court for his sentencing in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

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Updated at 4:13 p.m. ET

A federal judge sentenced Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to three years in prison on Wednesday following Cohen’s guilty pleas to a number of political and finance crimes.

Those three years would be followed by three years of supervised release, and Cohen also is subject to forfeiture of $500,000, restitution of $1.4 million and fines totaling $100,000.