Michael Cohen Coverage

Michael Cohen, broken and humiliated, asks for leniency from prison

Michael Cohen says he has been left disbarred, financially crushed, and personally embarrassed and humiliated after being sentenced to three years in prison for bank fraud and other crimes. He says he regrets that he thought "being Donald Trump's lawyer made him a 'big man.'"

Benjamin Weiser, New York Times

Editorial: Meadows slides on Trump's slippery slope of truth

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 -- While dogged during a Congressional hearing in demanding the truth from Michael Cohen, N.C. Republican Mark Meadows has been more of a lap dog when it comes to setting the same standard for President Donald Trump.

Trump sounds off on Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen

Both men are headed to prison soon, but the two are getting very different reactions from their former boss.

Paul Manafort faces first of two sentencing hearings

President Trump's former campaign chairman could land in prison for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney and fixer, is suing the Trump Organization.

Meredith College professor: Cohen's testimony stole news cycle from Trump

Meredith College political science professor David McLennan said Michael Cohen's testimony to Congress was "great political theater" but had substance. Checks written after Donald Trump became president are legally significant, he said, because they point to a possible crime.

Day 2 of 3: Michael Cohen testifies

Wednesday Michael Cohen, President Trump's former attorney, testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee that he regrets the ten years he spent working for Donald Trump.

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifies before Congress

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer, is set to testify Wednesday morning about the decade in which he said he would "take bullets" or cover for the president. You can watch his full testimony on WRAL-TV.

NBC Special Report: Michael Cohen to testify against Trump

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer, is set to testify Wednesday morning about the decade in which he said he would "take bullets" or cover for the president. You can watch his full testimony on WRAL-TV.

Day 1 of 3: Cohen appears on Capitol Hill for hearings

Sources tell NBC News Michael Cohen is expected to describe what he says are criminal actions by President Trump. The White House is dismissing him as a liar.

Trump travels to Vietnam for summit with Kim Jong Un

President Trump leaves town as his former attorney Michael Cohen prepares for potentially heated testimony on Capitol Hill.

Report: Trump told his former attorney to lie to Congress

The White House says the man behind that report is a liar.

Report: Trump told his former attorney to lie to Congress

The White House says the man behind that report is a liar.

Trump pushes back on allegations of involvement in Cohen's crimes

President Trump met with Michael Cohen and National Enquirer boss David Pecker in August of 2015 to discuss ways to counter negative news stories about women.

Trump pushes back on allegations of involvement in Cohen's crimes

President Trump met with Michael Cohen and National Enquirer boss David Pecker in August of 2015 to discuss ways to counter negative news stories about women.

Why the National Enquirer cooperation deal is a VERY big problem for Donald Trump

On Wednesday, while the political world was focused on the news that former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen had been sentenced to three years in prison for a variety of crimes, something else of potentially huge import got somewhat glossed over: American Media Inc., the parent company of the National Enquirer, admitted it had helped facilitate a hush payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal and agreed to cooperate with the ongoing investigation being run by the Southern District of New York.

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

NBC Special Report: Former Trump attorney sentenced to 3 years in prison

President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is sentenced for multiple crimes after pleading guilty in two separate cases.

Decision expected in Cohen sentencing

Michael Cohen, a lawyer who made his career protecting President Donald Trump, is set to learn Wednesday whether his decision to cooperate with federal investigators will lessen his punishment for crimes including making illegal hush-money payments to two women during the 2016 campaign -- a scandal that could damage Trump's presidency.

Cohen filings spark talks of Trump impeachment

Two key court filings released Friday by federal prosecutors in New York and special counsel Robert Mueller show possible political and legal trouble ahead for President Trump. The documents concern President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen.

Cohen filings spark talks of Trump impeachment

Two key court filings released Friday by federal prosecutors in New York and special counsel Robert Mueller show possible political and legal trouble ahead for President Trump. The documents concern President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen.

Prosecutors: Michael Cohen acted at Trump's direction when he broke the law

Federal prosecutors said for the first time Friday that Michael Cohen acted at the direction of Donald Trump when the former fixer committed two election-related crimes during the 2016 presidential campaign, as special counsel Robert Mueller outlined a previously undisclosed set of overtures and contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian nationals.

By Erica Orden and Marshall Cohen, CNN

NBC Special Report: Developments in the Robert Mueller investigation

NBC News offers a special report soon with developments in the Robert Mueller investigation moments after Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on a Trump real estate deal in Russia.

'Can the president be impeached?' NYTimes Supreme Court reporters answers

Since the news broke of Michael Cohen's guilty plea, we received lots of questions from our readers. Adam Liptak, the Times's Supreme Court Reporter answers them.

NBC Special Report on Trump lawyer plea deal

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is said to have reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

Cohen claims Trump knew in advance of 2016 Trump Tower meeting

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, claims that then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton, sources with knowledge tell CNN. Cohen is willing to make that assertion to special counsel Robert Mueller, the sources said.

By Jim SciuttoCarl Bernstein and Marshall Cohen (CNN)

Trump touts possible cease fire in trade war, deals with his own recorded words

President Trump plans to negotiate end to tariffs with European Union nations, but there's another battle brewing -- over the president's own recorded words.