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FM123

(10,054 posts)
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 02:18 PM Dec 2021

Michael Cohen sues Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment

(AP) Michael Cohen claimed in a new lawsuit Thursday that Donald Trump retaliated against him for writing a tell-all memoir, saying his abrupt return to federal prison last year endangered his life and amounted to punishment for criticizing the president.

Trump’s former personal attorney recently completed a three-year sentence for crimes including tax evasion, campaign finance violations and lying to Congress. He reported to prison in May 2019 but was released to home confinement after about a year as authorities sought to contain the coronavirus outbreak in federal prisons.

Federal authorities abruptly ordered him back to prison weeks later, claiming he failed to accept certain terms of his release. Cohen, however, said he had merely sought clarification on a condition forbidding him from speaking with the media and publishing his book.

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Michael Cohen sues Trump claiming retaliatory imprisonment (Original Post) FM123 Dec 2021 OP
;-{)🖖‍ Goonch Dec 2021 #1
Trumpsky is going to wind up like a peccary in a shoal of piranhas. Harker Dec 2021 #2

Harker

(14,031 posts)
2. Trumpsky is going to wind up like a peccary in a shoal of piranhas.
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 02:54 PM
Dec 2021

He could easily spend the remaining balance of his miserable existence vainly trying to fend off civil suits, if there aren't appropriate criminal charges filed.

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