BREAKING: Michael Cohen Sentenced To Three Years

CNBC reports:

Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for crimes that include ones which put Trump into legal peril.

“I take full responsibility for each act that I pled guilty to — The personal ones to me and those involving the president of the United States of America,” Cohen said in federal court in Manhattan before he was sentenced.

“Blind loyalty’ to Trump ‘led me to take a path of darkness instead of light,” Cohen said. And that loyalty, Cohen told a judge led to his effort to cover up president’s ‘dirty deeds.”

BREAKING: Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison for campaign finance violations, lying to Congress. https://t.co/PlLcuiU8sH pic.twitter.com/369l3DS4hk

— ABC News (@ABC) December 12, 2018

Two years ago, Michael Cohen had visions of being chief of staff. He then began soaking up mega contracts from major companies to influence the president. Trump winning was going to be a gold mine for him. And now… he’s going to jail for three years.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 12, 2018

COHEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON.

Also hit with forfeiture of $500,000, restitution of $1.4 million and a fine of $50,000.

As judge read sentence, Cohen closed his eyes and shook his head slightly as if in disbelief, Bloomberg News reports.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 12, 2018