‘There’s so much I want to say’: Trump’s disgraced former fixer Michael Cohen leaves prison early
He will serve remainder of his sentence from home confinement
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Your support makes all the difference.Michael Cohen tweeted “there is so much I want to say,” after being released from prison early due to coronavirus fears.
Mr Cohen, Donald Trump’s former attorney, was released from the federal prison in Otisville, New York, on Thursday, and is scheduled to serve the remainder of his three-year sentence under home confinement.
He pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax evasion and campaign finance violations, including paying hush money to women who claimed to have had affairs with Mr Trump, and reported to prison on 6 May 2019.
Mr Trump’s former attorney said he violated campaign finance rules under the direction of the president, “for the principal purpose of influencing” the 2016 presidential election. The president denies these claims.
After he returned to his residence, Mr Cohen tweeted: “I am so glad to be home and back with my family. There is so much I want to say and intend to say. But now is not the right time. Soon. Thank you to all my friends and supporters.”
The former attorney did not elaborate on what he meant by his tweet, but it is speculated that he will publicly talk about his time working with the president.
Earlier this month, The Daily Beast reported that while he was in prison, Mr Cohen wrote a “tell-all” book about working with Mr Trump.
When news broke about the book last month, actor Tom Arnold, who has stayed in contact with the ex lawyer, told the outlet: “It’s like Jaws — you don’t see Jaws very much, but you hear the music, and for Trump he knows Michael is coming and Trump better hear the Jaws music.”
He added: “He told me he is going to spill the beans. What has he got to lose now?”
After the report, Charles Harder, a Trump organisation lawyer, warned Mr Cohen that he could be in legal trouble if he releases the book about the president.
Mr Cohen was released from prison after multiple staff and inmates contracted coronavirus at the Otisville federal prison.
His early release was announced last month, but after he completed the mandatory 14-day quarantine period, as has become standard amid the coronavirus pandemic, the former attorney had his early release rescinded.
The decision was reversed earlier this week, and Mr Cohen will serve the remainder of his three-year sentence from home confinement.
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