Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison again
4 years, 4 months ago

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison again

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer was released Friday after a judge ruled that he had been sent back to prison from home confinement as retaliation for his plan to release a book critical of Trump before November’s election. Michael Cohen walked out of a federal prison in New York on Friday afternoon, his lawyer Danya Perry told The Associated Press, a day after U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ruled that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was ordered back to prison on July 9. Taking him back to the federal prison camp in Otisville, New York, earlier this month was clearly meant to punish him for his plan to publish his book, titled, “Disloyal: The True Story of Michael Cohen, Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump,” Hellerstein said. In a written declaration, Cohen said his book “will provide graphic and unflattering details about the President’s behavior behind closed doors,” including a description of anti-Semitic and “virulently racist remarks” against Black leaders including President Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president.

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Supreme Court rejects Michael Cohen’s case alleging retribution by Trump over tell-all book
2 months ago

Supreme Court rejects Michael Cohen’s case alleging retribution by Trump over tell-all book

The Independent  

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'Shocking factual backdrop': Michael Cohen takes long shot Trump case to Supreme Court
2 months, 3 weeks ago

'Shocking factual backdrop': Michael Cohen takes long shot Trump case to Supreme Court

Raw Story  

Michael Cohen on Monday took his "unusual" case against former President Donald Trump to the nation's highest court, according to court records and reports. Trump's former fixer demands the Supreme Court take up his appeal of his civil case contending the then-president had him thrown in jail because he had begun to write an unflattering book about his onetime client, …

Michael Cohen To Face More Grilling As Trump's Hush Money Trial Enters Final Stretch
7 months ago

Michael Cohen To Face More Grilling As Trump's Hush Money Trial Enters Final Stretch

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors’ last and star witness back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president’s lawyers get their chance to put on a case. The landmark trial will kick back off in Manhattan with more defense cross-examination of former Trump …

Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness
7 months, 1 week ago

Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness

Hindustan Times  

With prosecutors’ hush money case against Donald Trump barreling toward its end, defense lawyers pressed former attorney Michael Cohen on his criminal history and past lies Thursday as they worked to convince jurors not to believe the star witness' pivotal testimony. Michael Cohen is asked about taking an oath as he is cross-examined by defense lawyer Todd Blanche during former …

Michael Cohen pressed on crimes and lies at Trump's hush money trial
7 months, 1 week ago

Michael Cohen pressed on crimes and lies at Trump's hush money trial

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers accused the star prosecution witness in his hush money trial of lying to jurors, portraying Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen on Thursday as a serial fabulist who is bent on seeing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee behind bars. As Trump looked on, defense attorney Todd Blanche pressed Cohen for hours with questions that focused as …

Michael Cohen: A Challenging Star Witness In Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial
7 months, 1 week ago

Michael Cohen: A Challenging Star Witness In Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial

Huff Post  

FILE - Michael Cohen, former attorney to Donald Trump, leaves the District Attorney's office in New York, March 13, 2023. Cohen is prosecutors' most central witness in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial. As Trump’s trial opened, prosecutors took pains to portray Cohen as just one piece of their evidence against Trump, telling jurors that corroboration would come via …

Michael Cohen can’t hold Donald Trump liable for retaliatory imprisonment, appeals court says
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Michael Cohen can’t hold Donald Trump liable for retaliatory imprisonment, appeals court says

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen can’t hold his former boss, ex-president Donald Trump, liable because he was jailed for what he claimed was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir, an appeals court said Tuesday. A three-judge panel concluded Cohen already obtained relief by getting a judge to order his release from imprisonment to home confinement several weeks after he was …

Trump lawyer Alina Habba humiliated in appeals court during Michael Cohen hearing
1 year ago

Trump lawyer Alina Habba humiliated in appeals court during Michael Cohen hearing

Raw Story  

Former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was back in court on Thursday for his ongoing case Cohen vs U.S., in which the ex-fixer argues that his case against former Attorney General Bill Barr, and the Trump government should be able to move forward. "We are here to vindicate every American’s right to speak freely about their government without fear of …

Trump ‘temporarily’ drops lawsuit against former lawyer-turned-witness Michael Cohen
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump ‘temporarily’ drops lawsuit against former lawyer-turned-witness Michael Cohen

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump has dropped his $500 million lawsuit against Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer who is now a key witness in a criminal case against him, Cohen and a Trump spokesperson said Thursday night. Trump had accused Cohen of “spreading falsehoods” “with malicious intent” and causing “vast reputational harm” for talking publicly about hush-money payments …

Michael Cohen's fight to discover who ordered his silence as condition of prison release fails
1 year, 4 months ago

Michael Cohen's fight to discover who ordered his silence as condition of prison release fails

Raw Story  

A Freedom of Information Act filed by former President Donald Trump's one-time personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen in an effort to find out why he was forced to sign an agreement not to write a tell-all book before being released from prison has been rejected. Cohen claims the extremely unusual move was imposed on Trump's orders because the former …

Michael Cohen presses appeals court to reconsider his retaliation lawsuit against Trump
1 year, 7 months ago

Michael Cohen presses appeals court to reconsider his retaliation lawsuit against Trump

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen filed an appeal with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday asking for reconsideration of his suit against agencies in the federal government. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled the “purpose in transferring Cohen from release on furlough and home confinement back to custody was retaliatory in response to Cohen desiring to exercise …

Michael Cohen sounds the alarm about what will happen to Trump's critics if he is ever elected again
1 year, 8 months ago

Michael Cohen sounds the alarm about what will happen to Trump's critics if he is ever elected again

Raw Story  

Rep. Jim Jordan was in New York on Monday, claiming that he sought to get to the bottom of violent crime in New York City. However, New York isn't the place with the highest violent crime in the U.S. — it's one of just two counties in America where the district attorney is conducting an investigation that could cost Donald …

'Nervous' Trump's Michael Cohen lawsuit is a sign Alvin Bragg has him cornered: legal expert
1 year, 8 months ago

'Nervous' Trump's Michael Cohen lawsuit is a sign Alvin Bragg has him cornered: legal expert

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's decision to sue Michael Cohen for $500 million is a sure sign of desperation and indicates he fears Manhattan District Attorney has him dead to rights on the 35 felony counts filed against him last week. Levinson noted that Trump is trying to assert that Cohen is a serial liar who also happens to have exposed factual information …

Michael Cohen responds to report of pending charges for Trump in New York
1 year, 9 months ago

Michael Cohen responds to report of pending charges for Trump in New York

Raw Story  

The New York Times reported on Thursday that New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg was likely going to be filing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. As of Wednesday, Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has met with Bragg's office a total of 19 times to give details about the hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels …

Michael Cohen details his observations after meeting with NYDA for the 19th time
1 year, 9 months ago

Michael Cohen details his observations after meeting with NYDA for the 19th time

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen spoke to the New York District Attorney in Manhattan for the 19th time on Tuesday. IN OTHER NEWS: GOP lawmaker blasted by fellow Republican over proposed Missouri ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law He noted that in the case involving Trump's businesses and Attorney General Letitia James, the Trump lawyers have asked for a delay ahead …

Michael Cohen met with prosecutors — here's what he wanted to tell them
1 year, 11 months ago

Michael Cohen met with prosecutors — here's what he wanted to tell them

Raw Story  

If there's one thing Michael Cohen has done since abandoning what he calls the "cult" of Donald Trump, it's to avail himself to any and all law enforcement interested in questions about what he knows regarding any possible illegal behavior. Cohen's campaign finance problems, however, come from the check that he got from Donald Trump to pay off Stormy Daniels …

Legal experts explain why Michael Cohen is one of the most important cases against the Trump administration
3 years ago

Legal experts explain why Michael Cohen is one of the most important cases against the Trump administration

Raw Story  

A few legal experts are speaking out about the importance of Michael Cohen's lawsuit against former President Donald Trump's administration and Attorney General Bill Barr. Cohen sued, winning the case with a judge who said, "I find that the purpose of transferring Mr. Cohen from furlough and home confinement to jail is retaliatory, and it’s retaliatory because of his desire …

Michael Cohen sues Donald Trump and Bill Barr for violating his First Amendment rights
3 years ago

Michael Cohen sues Donald Trump and Bill Barr for violating his First Amendment rights

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen announced Thursday that he will be filing a lawsuit against his former boss and former Attorney General Bill Barr after they tried to kill his First Amendment rights. To let him out, however, Cohen was told he'd have to sign a statement promising he wouldn't publish his book until he had served his …

Michael Cohen ends prison term after Trump-related crimes
3 years, 1 month ago

Michael Cohen ends prison term after Trump-related crimes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, who was former President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer until his 2018 arrest, said Monday that his three-year prison sentence — mostly spent in home confinement — was over as he took another swipe at his former boss and vowed to continue cooperating with law enforcement probes. He implicated Trump at the time in the …

US drops efforts to gag former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
4 years, 4 months ago

US drops efforts to gag former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

Al Jazeera  

Agreement allows Cohen to proceed with publication of a book expected to be highly critical of his former boss. The United States government dropped its effort to silence President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying it will no longer demand that Michael Cohen not speak with the media in the weeks before his book critical of his former …

Bill Barr must answer for illegal detention of Michael Cohen: Ex-prosecutor
4 years, 4 months ago

Bill Barr must answer for illegal detention of Michael Cohen: Ex-prosecutor

Raw Story  

On Saturday, writing for CNN, former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers said Attorney General William Barr owes Congress answers on the attempt to re-incarcerate President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen. "As numerous constitutional scholars have confirmed, the media provision was patently illegal as a prior restraint on speech protected by the First Amendment, and never should have been included …

Michael Cohen returns home to serve the rest of his sentence
4 years, 5 months ago

Michael Cohen returns home to serve the rest of his sentence

CNN  

CNN — Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for President Donald Trump, returned on Friday to his New York City residence, where he will serve the remainder of his three-year sentence in home confinement. Cohen was released from Otisville federal prison in upstate New York on Friday afternoon. Cohen is extremely gratified that the court upheld his fundamental constitutional right to …

Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison
4 years, 5 months ago

Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A judge on Thursday ordered the release of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer from prison, saying the government retaliated against him for planning to release a book critical of Trump before November’s election. Michael Cohen’s First Amendment rights were violated when he was ordered back to prison on July 9 after probation authorities said he refused …

Judge Orders Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Released From Prison
4 years, 5 months ago

Judge Orders Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Released From Prison

NPR  

Judge Orders Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Released From Prison Enlarge this image toggle caption John Minchillo/AP John Minchillo/AP Updated at 6:33 p.m. ET A federal judge has ordered that President Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, be released from prison to home confinement. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein sided with a lawsuit from Cohen's attorneys …

ACLU and lawyers sue to free ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen
4 years, 5 months ago

ACLU and lawyers sue to free ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer sued Attorney General William Barr and the Bureau of Prisons director Monday, saying he’s being unjustly held behind bars to stop him from finishing a book that criticizes Trump. Cohen’s campaign finance charges related to his efforts to arrange payouts during the 2016 presidential race to keep the porn actress Stormy …

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
4 years, 5 months ago

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison Thursday, after balking at certain conditions of the home confinement he was granted because of the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ve never seen anything like this.” A Justice Department official pushed back on that characterization and said Cohen had refused to accept the terms …

Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Is Back In Federal Prison
4 years, 5 months ago

Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Is Back In Federal Prison

NPR  

Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Is Back In Federal Prison Enlarge this image toggle caption David Dee Delgado/Getty Images David Dee Delgado/Getty Images Updated at 6:11 p.m. ET President Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, has been taken back to prison less than two months after being released early to home confinement over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. …

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