Judge Orders Michael Cohen Released From Prison After Dispute Over Trump Comments

NBC New York ^ | July 23, 2020 | Larry Neumeister

[Coronal]

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Michael Cohen, former attorney to President Trump, released from prison, agreeing with Cohen's lawyers that he was wrongly taken back into custody for criticizing the president.

Cohen, who was serving a federal fraud sentence, was released on home confinement as prisons were emptied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A week after tweeting that he was finishing a tell-all book about Trump, a probation officer told him he would have to agree to a complete ban on speaking in public, including by publishing a book, as a condition of continued home confinement, according to court documents.

He was asked to sign a form that included this provision: "No engagement of any kind with the media, including print, tv, film, books, or any other form of media/news. Prohibition from all social media platforms."

The form said it was intended "to avoid glamorizing or bringing publicity to your status as a sentenced inmate serving a custodial term in the community."

"I've never seen such a clause in 21 years of being a judge and sentencing people," Judge Alvin Hellerstein said during a hearing Thursday. "How can I take any other inference but that it was retaliatory?"

[kenmcg]

It’s all politics in the swamp, the POS was released by a Clinton appointed judge.

[Bob434]

[[What part of “house arrest” didn’t he understand?]]

The House part i guess

[Swordmaker]

Quelle surprise! He’s a BillyBob appointee.

Note, he’s also not a sitting judge anymore he retired in 2011. They found a judge that was of similar mind to theirs to sign an order releasing Cohen. Judge’s have lifetime appointments, even in retirement. His orders are still enforceable. They likely could not get a currently SITTING judge to sign, so they went to a retired progressive judge who is a doddering fool who was willing to sign on their petition, not before a hearing where both sides argue the reasoning. As was mentioned above, his violation was NOT that he was writing a book but that he violated the conditions by breaking house arrest by eating at a restaurant. The judge accepted their political argument which was NOT the reason for his arrest and parole violation, and, Vloiá, out.

[Steve Van Doorn]

said, "They likely could not get a currently SITTING judge to sign, so they went to a retired progressive judge "
interesting. Thanks

[kiryandil]

This 87-year-old senile gasbag, Alvin Hellerstein, is a Rapin Bill “judge” - so he’s a partisan Democrat POS.

[kiryandil]

They likely could not get a currently SITTING judge to sign, so they went to a retired progressive judge who is a doddering fool who was willing to sign on their petition

It only took a little longer with the senile 87-year-old Rapin Bill drooler - because he had to change his adult diapers a couple of times before he signed the order...