The former lawyer for the ex-president claims Trump had retaliated against him for writing a memoir about the White House.
But in May 2020, Cohen was allowed to serve his sentence at home due to the COVID pandemic, during which he made public statements about the publication of his book,Cohen was ordered back to prison, with officials saying he had not accepted certain terms of his release.
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ordered Cohen to return to home confinement after saying that his transfer back into custody was a"retaliatory" measure, thwarting his"First Amendment rights to publish a book critical of the president and to discuss the book on social media." Michael Cohen the former lawyer for ex-President Donald Trump. Cohen has claimed in a lawsuit that Trump retaliated against him for writing a tell-all memoir.Cohen's lawsuit was filed in a Manhattan federal court on Thursday and names Trump, former Attorney GeneralIt said that upon his return to jail, he was held in solitary confinement for 16 days in a small cell in Otisville, New York. There he suffered shortness of breath, severe headaches and anxiety.
According to the suit, Cohen was"retaliated against" for exercising his First Amendment rights and says he seeks"redress for the extreme physical and emotional harm he suffered as a result of the conduct of all defendants and for the pain and suffering he continues to experience." I will never stop until all of these animals who seek to destroy our democracy are held accountable for their unconstitutional and immoral acts!
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