Trump has denied the affairs and any involvement in the payments.Pauley sentenced Cohen to 36 months for the payments and to two months for Cohen's lies to Congress about a proposed Trump Tower project in Russia. After being sentenced, Cohen walked over to his daughter and kissed her head.Cohen's father, Maurice Cohen, who showed little emotion during the hearing, later told reporters: "My heart is ripped. "Cohen is a former member of Trump's inner circle who in the past called himself the president's "fixer." After Cohen pleaded guilty to the Mueller charges on Nov. 29, Trump called his former lawyer a liar, "a weak person and not a very smart person. ... Michael Cohen was sentenced today, President Trump is next.

Source: Egypt Today December 12, 2018 19:18 UTC