Government requests Cohen receive "substantial term of imprisonment"

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Federal prosecutors in New York have filed their sentencing memo for President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen.

Cohen pleaded guilty last week to Mueller's charge that he lied to Congress about an aborted proposal to build a Trump Tower development in Moscow.

Cohen's attorneys submitted their own sentencing document a day after Cohen's most recent plea agreement, asking a federal judge to sentence Cohen to no time in prison.

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Here are the quick takeaways from the filing:

The Southern District of New York cited sentencing guidelines of 51 to 63 months in prison when referring to the sentence.

Prosecutors asked for a "substantial term of imprisonment."

But they noted that their recommendation be modestly lower than the suggested range of prison time suggested in federal guidelines.

Prosecutors also wrote: "While Cohen – as his own submission makes clear – already enjoyed a privileged life, his desire for even greater wealth and influence precipitated an extensive course of criminal conduct."

The U.S. attorney's office noted that Cohen's cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe provided information that "was ultimately credible and useful to its ongoing investigation."

But, the prosecutors added that "Cohen repeatedly declined to provide full information about the scope of any additional criminal conduct in which he may have engaged or had knowledge."

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