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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Justice Department RETALIATED against Michael Cohen because he is writing a book about trump.
The 'President' weaponized the Justice Department to go after his personal enemy.
A Judge rejected it.
William Barr is one dangerous fuck.
Michael Cohen to be released from prison after judge sides with claims of retaliation
WASHINGTON Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former attorney, will be released to home confinement after a federal judge in New York found that he was sent back to prison as a retaliatory act over his decision to write a tell-all book about his former employer.
"I cannot believe fairly that it was not in purpose ... to stop his exercise of First Amendment rights" to publish a book and discuss it on social media, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said at a hearing Thursday.
The judge ordered the Bureau of Prisons to release Cohen back to his family by Friday afternoon. Cohen has been in isolation since he was sent back to prison this month.
In a statement, Danya Perry, Cohen's attorney, said the judge's ruling confirms that the Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons can't block Cohen from publishing a book about the president as a condition of his home confinement.
"I cannot believe fairly that it was not in purpose ... to stop his exercise of First Amendment rights" to publish a book and discuss it on social media, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said at a hearing Thursday.
The judge ordered the Bureau of Prisons to release Cohen back to his family by Friday afternoon. Cohen has been in isolation since he was sent back to prison this month.
In a statement, Danya Perry, Cohen's attorney, said the judge's ruling confirms that the Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons can't block Cohen from publishing a book about the president as a condition of his home confinement.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/23/michael-cohen-judge-says-doj-sent-ex-trump-attorney-back-prison-retaliation/5490392002/
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The Justice Department RETALIATED against Michael Cohen because he is writing a book about trump. (Original Post)
spanone
Jul 2020
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bamagal62
(3,244 posts)1. Just another impeachable offense.
Its almost a daily occurrence.
triron
(21,984 posts)5. They just get piled deeper and deeper like a shit pile.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)2. Good. I suspect Cohen will be ready to publish soon too n/t
NBachers
(17,080 posts)3. I can't sympathize with Cohen, but I hope this strengthens his determination to expose trump.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)4. I hope all these court losses for Trump mean that a lot of judges don't agree-
that he alone in the country should have "absolute power".
That might be very important November 4, when he sues to overturn the election-
or for that matter, sends federal troops into the inner cities November 3 to intimidate voters.