Michael Cohen is to be released from prison again, this time by a judge who blames the government for retaliating against him over a Trump book he’s writing:
BREAKING: Judge orders Michael Cohen released from prison, calls his return to jail retaliation for planned book on President Trump. https://t.co/5nBVKQtCxM
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2020
AP – A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying he believes the government retaliated against him for writing a book about Trump.
Michael Cohen’s First Amendment rights were violated when he was ordered back to prison on July 9 after probation authorities said he refused to sign a form banning him from publishing the book or communicating publicly in other manners, U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said.
Hellerstein ordered Michael Cohen released from prison by 2 p.m. on Friday.
Cohen, 53, sued federal prison officials and Attorney General William Barr on Monday, saying he was ordered back to prison because he was writing a book to be released before the November presidential election.
He has been in isolation at an Otisville, New York, prison camp.
I thought Cohen was taken back to prison for violating his house arrest by eating out?
The judge, by the way, is a Clinton judge in case you are wondering.