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Originally Posted by Hugh
Just to clarify - his (ex-)personal lawyer, who worked for him for 12 years, who was a Vice-President of the Trump Organisation and was his Special Counsel, is so stupid and ignorant of the law that he pled guilty to stuff that isn't even a crime?
You have to ask what kind of person would even hire a lawyer like that?
And how dumb is the Federal Judge who found Cohen guilty of something that isn’t a crime?
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To be clear, the judge didn't find Cohen guilty of anything. He merely accepted a plea between Cohen and the prosecution.
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Originally Posted by pip08456
Have you actually read the plea deal that I linked to signed by both him and his attourney? He has got a reduced sentence.
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What non crime did he plead guilty to?
The Federal Judge didn't find him guilty of anything, he and his attourney signed the plea agreement on the basis he was in fact guilty.
I suggest you also read the plea deal I linked to earlier. Especially paragraph 2 page 6.
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His plea doesn't exactly mean he's guilty. Plea agreements are made all the time for reasons other than guilt. The most common reason for accepting a plea is to limit the potential for a more harsh sentence.
In this particular case the plea has all the hallmarks of a political ploy.
Cohen was likely up to his eyeballs in tax problems and looking at 60 years just on those. If the deal was that he'd get the reduced sentence as long as he confessed to something they might be able to use against Trump (and wouldn't have to prosecute) then the prosecution got what they were looking for.