US President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen is taken back into custody for violating the terms of a release granted because of the coronavirus pandemic
Michael Cohen arrives at his Manhattan apartment after being released from federal prison to serve the remainder of his sentence under home confinement in New York City, US, May 21, 2020.
Cohen, 53, was taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, according to his lawyer, Jeffrey Levine. Cohen had been released from a federal prisonHe had completed about a year of a three-year sentence for his role in hush money payments to two women, as well as for financial crimes and lying to Congress about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.Cohen was ordered to a federal courthouse in Manhattan to convert his furlough to home confinement, Levine said outside of the courthouse.
The Bureau of Prisons said Cohen refused the conditions of his home confinement and as a result was returned to a detention facility.'Take a bullet' At the time of Cohen's release in May, he wrote on Twitter that "there is so much I want to say and intend to say. But now is not the right time. Soon."
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen taken into custody
Read more »
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen taken back into federal custodyMichael Cohen taken back into federal custody and is returning to prison, his lawyer says; development comes days after Cohen was photographed at an NYC restaurant; Cohen was released early from prison due to coronavirus concerns in May.
Read more »
Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Sent Back to PrisonMichael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, has been taken back into custody, less than two months after he was released to home confinement in May due to coronavirus concerns.
Read more »
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prisonPresident Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is back in federal prison, weeks after early release because of the pandemic. The Bureau of Prisons said Cohen had “refused the conditions of his home confinement.'
Read more »
Michael Cohen taken into custody for violating terms of his early release from prisonPresident Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen has been taken into custody for violating terms of his early release from prison, his attorney Jeffrey Levine told reporters Thursday afternoon.
Read more »