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Judge Orders Michael Cohen to Be Released from Prison

HeadlineJul 24, 2020

A federal judge has ordered President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen to be released from prison into home confinement, after concluding the government was trying to retaliate against him for planning to write a book about Trump. The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing Cohen, said his imprisonment was a “brazen assault on the First Amendment and the rule of law.”

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