Michael Cohen had been released from jail to serve the remainder of his sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, but was photographed last week eating at a Manhattan restaurant.
President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, has been returned to federal prison, weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, his attorney Jeffrey Levine said.
Levine said Cohen had been taken into custody for violating the terms of his release. His return to prison comes days after thepublished photos of him and his wife enjoying an outdoor meal with friends at a restaurant near his Manhattan home. Cohen, who pleaded guilty to tax evasion, campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress, had been released on May 21 on furlough as part of an attempt to slow the spread of the virus in federal prisons. Cohen, 53, began serving his sentence in May 2019 and had been scheduled to remain in prison until November 2021.
Cohen's convictions were related to crimes including dodging taxes on $US4 million in income from his taxi business, lying during congressional testimony about the timing of discussions around an abandoned plan to build a Trump Tower in Russia, and orchestrating payments to two women to keep them from talking publicly about alleged affairs with Trump.Prosecutors said the payments amounted to illegal campaign contributions.
Attorney General William Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons to increase the use of home confinement and expedite the release of eligible high-risk inmates, beginning at three prisons identified as coronavirus hotspots. Otisville, where Cohen was housed, was not one of those facilities.
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