NEW YORK (AP) — As Michael Cohen seeks another reprieve from his three-year prison sentence, there are mounting indications his usefulness to federal prosecutors is drying up.
1 / 2FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen walks out of federal court in New York. A year ago Tuesday, April 9, 2019, FBI agents raided Cohen’s home and office and some pundits declared it the beginning of the end of Donald Trump’s presidency. And yet, there are mounting indications that Cohen’s usefulness to federal prosecutors is drying up.
Meanwhile, special counsel Robert Mueller's closing of his probe into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election effectively shuts the door on Cohen emerging as a key witness in that investigation. Cohen stoked those flames as recently as Thursday by saying he was cooperating in federal probes he wasn't at liberty to discuss.
New York state officials are also examining Cohen's claims to Congress that Trump fudged the value of his assets with dealing with insurance companies and banks.Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani dismissed Cohen's plea to Congress to help him remain free as"pretty hilarious." Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN on Monday that he welcomed Cohen's cooperation but has no intention of intervening on his behalf.
Cohen, who once declared he would"take a bullet" for Trump, abandoned the president quickly. By August, he had pleaded guilty and told prosecutors that Trump himself had instructed him to buy the women's silence. The Justice Department argued that those payments amounted to undisclosed, illegal campaign contributions.
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