On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen was sentenced to 36 months in a federal prison. He had earlier pleaded guilty to a number of felony charges over what the judge called a “smorgasbord” of fraud.
Daniel Lazare, a journalist and author of three books, « The Frozen Republic, » « The Velvet Coup » and « America’s Undeclared War, » joined Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear Wednesday to discuss Cohen’s sentencing.
« The system gives a great deal of latitude to prosecutors, and it also invests them with a huge political role, » Lazare told hosts John Kiriakou and Brian Becker, adding that several other Trump associates have not faced any sentences.
« So, essentially, Mueller is bearing the burden of bringing Trump down, which is his obvious mission. So, Mueller is given great discretion and great responsibility, and he’s using it to zero in on his assigned target, » Lazare added, referring to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into purported Russian collusion with Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, which Moscow has repeatedly and categorically denied.
