A federal judge has dismissed Michael Cohen’s retaliation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and others who claimed he was sent back to prison for outspoken criticism of the former president.
District Judge Lewis Lyman was sympathetic to Cohen’s position, but said Supreme Court precedent precluded him from allowing the case to proceed.
Cohen claimed in his lawsuit that Trump, former Attorney General William Barr and others put him back in jail to prevent him from promoting his upcoming book while under house arrest.
Trump’s former personal attorney was serving the remainder of his sentence for lying to Congress and campaign violations at home over concerns about Covid-19 when he launched a social media campaign in the summer of 2020. When he appeared in court to to finalize his transition to house arrest, Cohen objected to many of the conditions and was taken into custody, spending 16 days in solitary confinement.
Cohen sued, claiming the Justice Department, under Barr, had retaliated against him because he planned to write a book about Trump. A different federal judge agreed, and Cohen was released on house arrest in July 2020.
Since then, Cohen has released his book, launched a podcast and frequently appears on cable TV from his apartment to bash the former president.
Last November, Cohen was officially released from a three-year prison sentence, having served the last year from his Park Avenue apartment. At the time, he said he had received three years of supervised release and planned to continue working with law enforcement to “ensure that others are held accountable for their dirty deeds and that no one is ever believed to be above the law.” .
The following month, he filed his complaint against Trump and Barr, among others.
title: “Judge Dismisses Michael Cohen S Retaliation Lawsuit Against Trump "
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date: “2022-12-02”
author: “Samantha Markus”
A federal judge has dismissed Michael Cohen’s retaliation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and others who claimed he was sent back to prison for outspoken criticism of the former president.
District Judge Lewis Lyman was sympathetic to Cohen’s position, but said Supreme Court precedent precluded him from allowing the case to proceed.
Cohen claimed in his lawsuit that Trump, former Attorney General William Barr and others put him back in jail to prevent him from promoting his upcoming book while under house arrest.
Trump’s former personal attorney was serving the remainder of his sentence for lying to Congress and campaign violations at home over concerns about Covid-19 when he launched a social media campaign in the summer of 2020. When he appeared in court to to finalize his transition to house arrest, Cohen objected to many of the conditions and was taken into custody, spending 16 days in solitary confinement.
Cohen sued, claiming the Justice Department, under Barr, had retaliated against him because he planned to write a book about Trump. A different federal judge agreed, and Cohen was released on house arrest in July 2020.
Since then, Cohen has released his book, launched a podcast and frequently appears on cable TV from his apartment to bash the former president.
Last November, Cohen was officially released from a three-year prison sentence, having served the last year from his Park Avenue apartment. At the time, he said he had received three years of supervised release and planned to continue working with law enforcement to “ensure that others are held accountable for their dirty deeds and that no one is ever believed to be above the law.” .
The following month, he filed his complaint against Trump and Barr, among others.
