Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, during a sentencing hearing in federal court in Manhattan in which Cohen claimed he acted out of "blind loyalty" to President Trump.
Cohen will turn himself in for his "smorgasbord" of fraudulent crimes March 6, the judge said.
That sentencing stemmed from Cohen pleading guilty to campaign finance violations related to payments to women alleging affairs with Mr. Trump.
Cohen will serve his term concurrently with a two-month sentenced imposed for lying to Congress over a proposed Trump Tower Moscow project, a charge brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.
In court Wednesday, Cohen claimed loyalty to Mr. Trump led him to "take a path of darkness instead of light."
Cohen described being in a "mental and physical incarceration," blaming his ties to the president as what brought him before the court Wednesday.
Cohen attorney Lanny Davis said in a statement that Cohen "continues to tell the truth about Donald Trump's misconduct" — and looks forward to sharing more publicly. »