Joy Behar and her fellow ‘The View’ co-hosts gave a scathing critique of Michael Cohen after he was sentenced to three years in prison one day prior.<\/b>
\nThe View ‘s hosts didn’t hold back when weighing in on lawyer Michael Cohen’s three-year prison stint. Joy Behar, however, deemed President Donald Trump’s former right-hand man to be a \u00ab\u00a0thug\u00a0\u00bb in her critique.
Cohen, 52, served as Trump’s attorney from 2006 to 2018. He was given a three-year sentence on Wednesday after pleading guilty to multiple charges in August, including tax evasion and silencing women through payment during the 2016 presidential election. In court, Cohen suggested it was his \u00ab\u00a0duty\u00a0\u00bb to conceal Trump’s \u00ab\u00a0dirty deeds.\u00a0\u00bb
As The View ‘s hosts tackled Cohen’s sentencing, they addressed his blind allegiance to Trump and how he was also charged with things unrelated to the president. Meghan McCain, who referred to Cohen as Trump’s \u00ab\u00a0yes man,\u00a0\u00bb questioned how the attorney claimed to be living in a \u00ab\u00a0mental incarceration under a candidate.\u00a0\u00bb Abby Huntsman later chimed in to suggest Cohen \u00ab\u00a0was not a good person,\u00a0\u00bb which led Behar to argue \u00ab\u00a0they’re trying to make him into one.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0He sounded like a victim yesterday,\u00a0\u00bb Huntsman said. \u00ab\u00a0I don’t feel bad for a second.\u00a0\u00bb
Behar, in turn, read a profanity-laced quote once said by Cohen to reporters investigating Trump a few years prior. \u00ab\u00a0I’m warning you, tread very f***ing lightly, because what I\u2019m going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting,\u00a0\u00bb she read allowed. Upon recalling this moment, Behar suggested: \u00ab\u00a0Let’s not canonize Michael Cohen, okay? He’s a thug just like his boss.\u00a0\u00bb
Michael Cohen was slammed by Joy Behar on ‘The View’ for being a \u00ab\u00a0thug\u00a0\u00bb like Trump. Here, Cohen is pictured at arriving at federal court for his sentencing hearing, December 12,2018, in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez\/Getty Images
Ahead of his sentencing, Cohen gave an emotional statement before the judge. He appeared to be apologetic for his actions, saying: \u00ab\u00a0I blame myself for the conduct which has brought me here today. And it was my own weakness and a blind loyalty to this man that led me to choose a path of darkness over light.\u00a0\u00bb
Trump, however, has denied having ever requested for Cohen to partake in illegal actions. He even referred to him as a being a \u00ab\u00a0great liability.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law,\u00a0\u00bb Trump tweeted Wednesday. \u00ab\u00a0It is called ‘advice of counsel,’ and a lawyer has great liability if a mistake is made. That is why they get paid. Despite that many campaign finance lawyers have strongly stated that I did nothing wrong with respect to campaign finance laws, if they even apply, because this was not campaign finance.\u00a0\u00bb
Trump continued, \u00ab\u00a0Cohen was guilty on many charges unrelated to me, but he plead to two campaign charges which were not criminal and of which he probably was not guilty even on a civil basis. Those charges were just agreed to by him in order to embarrass the president and get a much reduced prison sentence, which he did-including the fact that his family was temporarily let off the hook.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n