- President Donald Trump's former longtime lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, reached a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to eight federal crimes in a surreal court hearing Tuesday.
- As part of his plea deal, Cohen pleaded guilty to five counts of tax evasion for failing to report more than $4 million between 2012 and 2016.
- One count of giving a false statement to a financial institution between February 2015 and April 2016
- One count of willful cause of an unlawful corporate contribution relating to hush money payments between June 2016 and October 2016.
- One count of excessive campaign contribution to October 27, 2016 — the day a $130,000 payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels was finalized.
- Cohen stated
- After landing in West Virginia for a campaign rally Tuesday night, Trump initially dodged shouted questions from reporters about Cohen's plea deal.
- But Trump's current lawyer Rudy Giuliani said: "There is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the President in the government's charges against Mr. Cohen."
- Cohen's attorney, Lanny Davis, suggested his client's plea deal
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Here's the court document outlining the charges against Michael Cohen
Cohen pleaded guilty to charges related to tax evasion, bank fraud, and illegal corporate and campaign finance contributions made in 2016 "at the direction" of Trump.
Read the full document below:
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