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Related DU thread: Michael Cohen just filed a lawsuit against AG Barr claiming that he was sent back to prison for refu
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Source: Washington Post
By Shayna Jacobs
7/21/2020, 2:11:56 a.m.
NEW YORK The book manuscript being drafted by President Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen alleges that Trump has made racist comments about his predecessor Barack Obama and the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, according to court filings made public Monday night that contend Cohen was sent back to prison this month as retaliation.
The filings from Cohens attorneys seek his immediate release from federal custody following his rearrest July 9, less than two months after he was allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic. His lawsuit alleges that Cohens First Amendment rights were violated when he was detained at the federal courthouse in Manhattan during a meeting with probation officers, who had asked him to sign a gag order prohibiting him from speaking to the media or publishing a book while serving the rest of his sentence.
The book will contain my firsthand experiences and observations based on my decade-long employment and relationship with Mr. Trump and his family, both before and after he was elected, according to an affirmation from Cohen to the court. Its working title is Disloyal: The True Story of Michael Cohen, Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump, the documents say.
In particular, my book will provide graphic and unflattering details about the Presidents behavior behind closed doors, Cohen wrote. The memoir describes the Presidents pointedly anti-Semitic remarks and virulently racist remarks against such Black leaders as President Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela, neither of whom he viewed as real leaders or as worthy of respect by virtue of their race.
The court documents offer no further details about the manuscripts content. They were made public between 9:30 and 11 p.m. Monday.
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hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)dealing with now. His book is four years too late.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)Cohen would have known to tape conversations he had with Don the nracist.
cilla4progress
(24,763 posts)Yeah, but- where are the tapes? How are they able to hide them all? Infuriating!
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Tell us about the loan write-offs
Tell us about the fake trust funds
How was money funneled to the Trump Campaign by foreign interlopers during the runup to the election?
Tell us about the shell companies
Tell us about the fake real estate valuations
Who paid cash for lavish Trump properties without providing their identifying information?
Tell us about the payoffs to the Enquirer
Tell us the truth about "Katie Johnson" (Jane Doe #3)
Tell us why Alfa Bank was constantly pinging the Trump Organization websites and shell companies leading up to the election
Tell us about Deutsche Bank
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,190 posts)Probably why Trump hasn't pardoned him.
SouthernCal_Dem
(852 posts)I'm shocked!