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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting analysis from Slate.  I think Cohen is going to spill a lot more in the coming weeks.  Why was Mueller's recommendation lighter than the SDNY?  They are playing good cop vs bad cop.  Both teams know Cohen has been holding out.  So it's either cooperate fully or go to prison.

"Cohen has a lot more he could give. The government knows that. They want to crack him. Moreover, even on the stuff he’s given them so far, he is a less valuable witness so long as he refuses to be fully candid. They are tired of playing his coy little game, and political considerations require speed. So they’ve accelerated sentencing, and set up a classic “good cop – bad cop” squeeze. New York has told the judge to hammer Cohen. By contrast, Mueller looks like a generous friend. Cohen—who like every white collar criminal I’ve ever known is undoubtedly scared silly of going to prison—is facing 4-5 years (and, not improbably, a good deal more if the judge is impatient with his recalcitrance). This crystallizes his choices. Either he quits fiddling around or he goes to the Big House for a long while."
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