U.S. judge rejects ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's bid to end sentence early
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a petition by Michael Cohen, the onetime personal lawyer and fixer for former President Donald Trump, to release him from home confinement in May, six months ahead of schedule.
U.S. District Judge John Koeltl said the petition was premature because prosecutors were not yet required, under a 2018 law allowing early release for some prisoners, to credit Cohen for hundreds of hours of work and courses he completed while imprisoned at a federal facility in New York state.
The Manhattan judge also said Cohen had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, and faced no irreparable harm because there was "no basis to conclude that Mr. Cohen's service of his sentence violates his constitutional rights."Cohen, who represented himself, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The 54-year-old Cohen is serving a three-year sentence for campaign finance violations, tax evasion and other crimes to which he pleaded guilty in December 2018.
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groundloop
(11,482 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)repuke presidents before him.
joetheman
(1,450 posts)padah513
(2,474 posts)Remember that Cohen was a trump goon who would still be a trump goon if he didn't get caught. And the only reason he went to jail was because he wasn't forthcoming with the investigators. Had he been upfront from the beginning, he was in the clear.
The Roux Comes First
(1,271 posts)I can always find a bit more toothpaste when the spouse gives up.