Michael Cohen asks for reduced prison sentence, claiming Barr is biased against him

Published December 12, 2019 4:06pm ET



President Trump’s former longtime fixer Michael Cohen has asked a federal judge to shorten his prison sentence, arguing that Attorney General William Barr and the Justice Department are biased against him.

Roger Adler, an attorney for Cohen, alleged the Justice Department has not treated Trump’s former lawyer in good faith, despite his cooperation with federal, state, and local prosecutors in New York.

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