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brooklynite

(93,843 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 11:53 AM Jul 2020

Judge orders release of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen by Friday

Source: CNBC

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen by Friday afternoon.

The judge found that Cohen was sent back to prison on July 10 in retaliation for failing to agree a day earlier to not to publish a book about Trump as one of multiple conditions for serving the remainder of his three-year prison term on home confinement.

Cohen had been furloughed from prison in late May due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

Cohen, 53, pleaded guilty in 2018 to multiple financial crimes, as well as to lying to Congess about an aborted bid to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. He also pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations related to faciliating hush money payments to two women, porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal, who say they had sex with Trump.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/michael-cohen-judge-orders-former-trump-lawyers-release-from-prison.html

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Judge orders release of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen by Friday (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2020 OP
Laughing my ass off. lark Jul 2020 #1
The judge is 86-years old jimfields33 Jul 2020 #5
He should get tested as soon as he gets out, and quarantine from his family pending results. SunSeeker Jul 2020 #2
He also should hire security. blueinredohio Jul 2020 #4
Yup. nt SunSeeker Jul 2020 #6
He also should stay home and not moonscape Jul 2020 #8
Cohen deserved some jail time for that violation. OMGWTF Jul 2020 #11
His dining out was not a violation- his resistance to agree to no book & silence was the reason wishstar Jul 2020 #15
My first thought SledDriver Jul 2020 #9
Mr. Cohen should be ready to burn his GOP membership card. nt NCjack Jul 2020 #3
He was a Dem before Trump got into politics and he is a Dem again as of Oct 2018 wishstar Jul 2020 #17
None of those people are really GOP. They are opportunists. erronis Jul 2020 #18
Big surprise to me. The least he can do now is to burn his DEM card and join the GOP. NCjack Jul 2020 #20
Please understand that these types of people have multiple allegiances and sometimes erronis Jul 2020 #21
well said! .../nt IcyPeas Jul 2020 #23
IMPEACH BARR NOW!!! ScratchCat Jul 2020 #7
It is hard to cheer for Cohen. TNNurse Jul 2020 #10
Agree. He knows WAY more than he's made public. Still taking the bullet. nt wiggs Jul 2020 #12
I agree. OTOH, it's hard not to cheer for him. WheelWalker Jul 2020 #13
so very true stopdiggin Jul 2020 #16
I hope once back home he can complete his book. steventh Jul 2020 #14
With all these books coming out we should be the best-read country. Too bad many don't read. erronis Jul 2020 #19
now he needs to add one more chapter to his book about this. IcyPeas Jul 2020 #22
Wow.. Write that Book, MC! Cha Jul 2020 #24

lark

(23,003 posts)
1. Laughing my ass off.
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 11:55 AM
Jul 2020

Oh, this has to piss off drumpf and consigliere Barr. Appeal filed almost immediately. Their top priority is hiding things until after the election and he's out to thwart that.

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
2. He should get tested as soon as he gets out, and quarantine from his family pending results.
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 11:56 AM
Jul 2020

I think Trump was literally trying to kill him by keeping him in prison.

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
15. His dining out was not a violation- his resistance to agree to no book & silence was the reason
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 02:48 PM
Jul 2020

There was a lot of posting of him out dining with speculation that it violated his home release, but in fact it was not a violation of his terms. He was only sent back because he resisted the sudden unexpected new demand that for home release he must cease activity on the book and his related social media posting.

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
17. He was a Dem before Trump got into politics and he is a Dem again as of Oct 2018
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 02:51 PM
Jul 2020

News reports said he registered as Democrat for 2018 election

erronis

(14,942 posts)
18. None of those people are really GOP. They are opportunists.
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 02:52 PM
Jul 2020

They'd turn on a dime and support whoever paid them the bucks.

Just turns out that the GOP is the party that likes to pay lots of money for dirty tricks.

erronis

(14,942 posts)
21. Please understand that these types of people have multiple allegiances and sometimes
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 03:12 PM
Jul 2020

multiple passports. They also take money from multiple types of donors, some in conflict with each other.

ScratchCat

(1,956 posts)
7. IMPEACH BARR NOW!!!
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 12:33 PM
Jul 2020

Trump and Barr abused power to SEND SOMEONE TO PRISON for refusing to play political games. If the Democrats let this stand, we're done as a country.

WheelWalker

(8,943 posts)
13. I agree. OTOH, it's hard not to cheer for him.
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 02:43 PM
Jul 2020

In the same way even Churchill might have cheered for Stalin after Hitler's fail at Stalingrad.

stopdiggin

(11,089 posts)
16. so very true
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 02:50 PM
Jul 2020

also really hard to approve the use of the judicial system to muzzle and quash political opposition (and journalism). Kind of the definition of banana republic -- and one of the reasons the cries of "lock her up" were so chilling to thoughtful observers.

(LOVE your profile pic! Miss her!)

erronis

(14,942 posts)
19. With all these books coming out we should be the best-read country. Too bad many don't read.
Thu Jul 23, 2020, 02:54 PM
Jul 2020

And rarely change their channel. Don't want to be disturbed by images from non-fux sources.

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