Michael Cohen Sent Back to Federal Prison

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, was taken back into federal custody Thursday in what his attorney said was a surprise decision that felt like “the rug had been pulled out from underneath” his client.

Cohen was released in May from federal custody to his Manhattan home on “furlough,” according to the Bureau of Prisons, after the Department of Justice released him and other prisoners from federal detention facilities due to coronavirus concerns.

Cohen, 53, was in Manhattan federal court Thursday to arrange the conditions of his home confinement but the hearing ended with him being placed in handcuffs.

“On May 21, 2020, Mr. Cohen was placed on furlough pending placement on home confinement,” a Bureau of Prisons official said in a statement. “Today, Michael Cohen refused the conditions of his home confinement and as a result, has been returned to a BOP facility.”

“This is not what we came here to do today,” Cohen’s attorney, Jeffrey Levine, said after Cohen had been taken back into custody. “We came here to work out the terms and conditions of his home confinement.” (Read more from “Michael Cohen Sent Back to Federal Prison” HERE)

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