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A5 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2018 Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets 3 years in prison By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and fi xer once vowed he would “take a bullet” for his boss, was sentenced today to three years in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the pay- ment of hush money to two women that he says was done at the direction of Trump. The sentence was in line with what federal prosecu- tors asked for. Sentencing guidelines called for around four to fi ve years behind bars, and prosecutors asked in court papers that Cohen be given only a slight break. U.S. District Judge Wil- liam H. Pauley III said Cohen deserved modest credit for his decision over the summer to admit guilt and cooperate in a federal investigation of efforts by Russians to infl uence the presidential election, but his assistance “does not wipe the slate clean.” “Somewhere along the way Mr. Cohen appears to have lost his moral com- pass,” the judge said. “As a lawyer, Mr. Cohen should have known better.” Cohen told the judge just before he was sentenced that loyalty to Trump led him astray. “It was my blind loy- alty to this man that led me to take a path of darkness instead of light,” he said. “I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds.” Cohen’s lawyers had AP Photo/Julio Cortez Michael Cohen, right, arrives at federal court with his daughter, Samantha Cohen, center, and son, Jake Cohen. argued for leniency, say- ing he decided to cooper- ate with investigators rather than hold out for a possible pardon. “He came forward to offer evidence against the most powerful person in our country,” Cohen’s lawyer, Guy Petrillo, told the judge during the hearing. Cohen, 52, pleaded guilty in August to evading $1.4 million in taxes related to his personal businesses. In the part of the case with greater political repercussions, he also admitted breaking cam- paign fi nance laws in arrang- ing payments in the waning days of the 2016 election to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal, both of whom said they had sexual encoun- ters with Trump. Cohen became the fi rst — and so far, only — member of Trump’s circle during two years of investigations to go into open court and impli- cate the president in a crime, though whether a president can be prosecuted is a matter of legal dispute. Last month, Cohen also pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about Trump’s business dealings in Rus- sia. He admitted hiding the fact that he was negotiating a proposal to build a Trump skyscraper in Moscow well into the presidential cam- paign. He said he lied out of devotion to Trump, who had insisted during the campaign that he had no business ties whatsoever to Russia. The sentence was the cul- mination of a spectacular rise and fast fall of a lawyer who attached himself to the fortunes of his biggest client, helped him get elected pres- ident, then turned on him, cooperating with two inter- connected investigations: one run by federal prosecu- tors in New York, the other by special counsel Rob- ert Mueller, who is looking into Russian efforts to infl u- ence the race for the White House. At the sentencing hear- ing, a prosecutor in Muel- ler’s offi ce, Jeannie Rhee, said Cohen has “sought to tell us the truth and that is of the utmost value to us.” “He has provided consis- tent and credible information about core Russia-related issues under investigation,” she said without elaborating. WORLD IN BRIEF nn’s December 2016 phone discussions of Obama administration sanctions with Rus- sian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, conversa- tions that triggered intelligence community alarms and led to his ouster from the admin- istration after offi cials said he had lied to them about the communications. Associated Press Flynn’s lawyers say his lie to FBI ‘uncharacteristic’ WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Presi- dent Donald Trump’s former national secu- rity adviser Michael Flynn are asking a judge to spare him prison time, saying he had devoted his career to his country and taken responsibility for an “uncharacteristic error in judgment.” The arguments to the judge Tuesday echoed those of special counsel Robert Mueller’s offi ce, which last week said Fly- nn’s cooperation — including 19 meetings with investigators — was so extensive that he was entitled to avoid a prison sentence. Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations during the presi- dential transition period with the then-Rus- sian ambassador to the United States, will next week become the fi rst White House offi cial punished in the special counsel’s ongoing probe into whether the Trump cam- paign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. Flynn’s absence from the public eye, despite entreaties from supporters to take an aggressive stance against the Russia investi- gation, has made him a source of continuing intrigue. His sentencing has the makings of a bookend moment for the investigation given that Flynn — a visible presence on the cam- paign trail, in high-level transition talks and in the chaotic early days of the administration — was an early, and pivotal, part of the case who appeared to enjoy the president’s sym- pathy even after his departure from the White House. Central to the investigation are Fly- France: Massive manhunt for gunman after attack STRASBOURG, France — A massive manhunt involving hundreds of police and soldiers was underway today for a suspected extremist who yelled “God is great!” in Arabic during a shooting spree around one of Europe’s most famous Christmas mar- kets. The assault in the eastern French city of Strasbourg killed two, left one person brain dead and injured 12 others, authorities said. Police union offi cials identifi ed the sus- pected assailant as Frenchman Cherif Chekatt, a 29-year-old with a thick police record for crimes including armed robbery and monitored as a suspected religious rad- ical by the French intelligence services. His parents and two brothers, also known for radicalism, have been detained. Refl ecting Strasbourg’s international nature, the dead included a Thai tourist, and an Italian was reportedly among the wounded. The U.S. government, among oth- ers, warned citizens in the area to be vigi- lant. The city is home to the European Par- liament and considers itself a capital of Europe — and promotes itself as the “cap- ital of Christmas.” Some 720 members of the security forces were hunting for the gunman today. 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Nearly 70 former judges from 23 states — including federal judges and state supreme court justices — said in a letter sent to Act- ing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce- ment Director Ronald Vitiello that court- house arrests are disrupting the criminal justice system. The judges are urging Vitiello to add courthouses to the list of so-called “sensitive locations” that are generally free from immi- gration enforcement, like schools and places of worship. They say that only “unequivocal guarantees and protections will restore the public’s confi dence that it can safely pursue justice in our nation’s courts.” Immigration offi cials have said commu- nities are forcing their hand by refusing to transfer immigrants in local prisons and jails to ICE custody. They also argue that court- house arrests are safer for agents because people have to go through metal detectors when they enter courthouses. ICE says it’s going into courthouses only for certain targets, like gang members and public safety threats and immigrants who have been previously deported or ordered to leave. UN chief calls for compromise and sacrifi ce at climate talks KATOWICE, Poland — The United Nations secretary-general called on coun- tries to make compromises and sacrifi ces in talks over tackling global warming, as some observers warned the meeting in Poland could collapse without an agreement on key issues. Making his second dramatic appeal in the space of 10 days, Antonio Guterres told min- isters and senior diplomats from almost 200 countries that they should consider the fate of future generations. His call came as the two-week meeting in Katowice shifted from the technical to political phase, with ministers taking over negotiations. Campaign groups warned of the risks of failure and accused powerful players such as the European Union of not pushing hard enough to reach an agreement. “A new leadership must step up,” said Vanessa Perez-Cirera of the environmental group WWF. “We cannot afford to lose one of the twelve years we have remaining.” SCHEDULE THE DAILY ASTORIAN A tor Remy Heitz said Chekatt was shot in the arm during an exchange of fi re with French soldiers during his rampage in the city center on Tuesday. He then took a taxi to another part of the city, boasting of the attack to the driver. There, he exchanged more gunfi re with police and disappeared. The attack is a new blow to France, which saw a wave of Islamic extremist killings in 2015 and 2016. It came amid a month of pro- tests against President Emmanuel Macron that have blocked roads around the coun- try, led to rioting in the capital and put heavy strain on police. 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