Skip to main content

Michael Cohen Trumps former lawyer and witness against him denied release from probation https://ift.tt/wAxcVPI

Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s onetime personal lawyer and the key witness against him in his New York state indictment, was denied early release from his probation following his three-year prison term Friday. 

U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman in Manhattan said that Cohen has continued to lie in recent comments, citing comments he made in a book and on television in March when he said he hadn’t committed tax fraud, his charges were "all 100 percent inaccurate" and that he was "threatened" by prosecutors into pleading guilty.

Cohen is a regular on cable news problems, often giving his opinion on Trump. 

Cohen’s lawyer David M. Schwartz claimed he had "clearly demonstrated" his rehabilitation after being a "model prisoner" who had "substantially cooperated with all government authorities." 

TRUMP SUES FORMER ATTORNEY MICHAEL COHEN FOR $500 MILLION

In 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to several charges, including tax evasion, campaign finance violations, lying to Congress and several banks to obtain campaign financing and was sentenced to three years in prison.

CONVICTED FELON, KEY WITNESS MICHAEL COHEN CLAIMS TRUMP SEEKS ‘VIOLENT CLASH’ AHEAD OF INDICTMENT 

New York prosecutors relied on Cohen’s testimony before indicting Trump earlier this year on 34 charges connected to alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal after federal prosecutors declined to bring charges against him. Trump has pleaded not guilty. 

Cohen has also spoken out against Trump in two memoirs: "Disloyal" in 2020 and "Revenge" in 2022. 

He worked as Trump’s personal lawyer for more than a decade. 

Cohen ended up serving nearly two-thirds of his three-year prison sentence at home due to the coronavirus outbreak. 

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Cohen told the Associated Press he will issue a statement Monday. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 



Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

FAA approves the first fully automated commercial drone flights, letting Massachusetts-based American Robotics operate its drones in rural areas below 400 feet (Wall Street Journal) https://ift.tt/3oQGbvc

Wall Street Journal : FAA approves the first fully automated commercial drone flights, letting Massachusetts-based American Robotics operate its drones in rural areas below 400 feet   —  American Robotics granted permission to operate drones without hands-on piloting  —  U.S. aviation regulators have approved …
Post a Comment
Read more

Brazil says Huawei won't be a supplier on its upcoming 5G and private federal network bid, but is not barred from operating elsewhere in the country (Angelica Mari/ZDNet) https://ift.tt/3qIP4r5

Angelica Mari / ZDNet : Brazil says Huawei won't be a supplier on its upcoming 5G and private federal network bid, but is not barred from operating elsewhere in the country   —  The Chinese firm is not considered to be apt to supply equipment to the government's own set-up, to be built by the winners of the upcoming 5G auction.
Post a Comment
Read more

Fujitsu eyes 20 potential M&A targets as part of a five-year $5.8B plan aiming to strengthen its digital services and capitalize on US-China trade disputes (Kana Inagaki/Financial Times) https://ift.tt/3htYmnJ

Kana Inagaki / Financial Times : Fujitsu eyes 20 potential M&A targets as part of a five-year $5.8B plan aiming to strengthen its digital services and capitalize on US-China trade disputes   —  Shortlist is part of investment push to hasten group's pivot to digital services  —  Fujitsu has drawn up a shortlist …
Post a Comment
Read more