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US Judge to Decide If Newly Imprisoned Michael Cohen Can Go Home Again

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July 23, 2020 at 7:41 am
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Former Trump Lawyer Cohen Seeks Release From Jail, Calling It ‘Retaliation’

FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen, the former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives back at home after being released from prison during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

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A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday will consider whether to release Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, who says he was returned to prison two weeks ago in retaliation for plans to publish a critical book about Trump.

Cohen was sent home from prison in May because of the coronavirus pandemic. He was shackled again on July 9 after he questioned an agreement that barred him from publishing his book, engaging with news organizations and posting on social media.

He has been in solitary confinement in a federal prison in Otisville, New York, about 70 miles (110 km) northwest of New York City.

Cohen’s lawyers said in court papers the U.S. Bureau of Prisons violated his First Amendment rights.

“Michael Cohen is currently imprisoned in solitary confinement because he is drafting a book manuscript that is critical of the President of the United States — and because he recently made public that he intends to publish this book shortly before the upcoming election,” Cohen’s lawyers, who include attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, wrote in seeking an order for his immediate release.

Prosecutors on Wednesday said in court papers that Cohen was “antagonistic” during the July 9 meeting with probation officers and should remain behind bars.

Cohen took issue with nearly every provision of an agreement that would have let him finish his sentence at home, prosecutors said. Among the provisions were the media ban, electronic monitoring and approval for employment.

Jon Gustin, a Federal Bureau of Prisons official, said in a court filing that he made the decision to send Cohen back to prison.

“In my view, Cohen’s behavior and, in particular, his refusal to sign the conditions of home confinement was unacceptable and undermined his suitability for placement on home confinement,” Gustin wrote.

Gustin said he was not aware of Cohen’s book.

Adam Pakula, the probation officer who drafted Cohen’s agreement, said he based it on terms for the supervision of high-profile inmates that he got from a fellow officer, including the provision on media contact.

Pakula also said he was not aware of Cohen’s book at the time.

Cohen, who once said he would “take a bullet” for Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 for directing hush payments to pornographic film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who claimed they had affairs with Trump. Trump has denied having the encounters.

Cohen served a year of his sentence before being released in May due to risks from the coronavirus pandemic.

In a friend-of-the-court filing, 10 law professors said the government cannot jail a critic for exercising his right to free speech under the U.S. Constitution.

The professors noted the Trump administration’s “disparate treatment of its allies and prior attempts to silence or retaliate against critics of the President.”

(Reporting by Karen Freifeld; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Tom Brown)

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