Michael Cohen Released From US Prison
So, 45’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and former Campaign Manager, Paul Manafort gets released from Jail while Bill Cosby is still incarcerated, (SMH)
Michael Cohen was serving a federal prison sentence at FCI Otisville in New York after pleading guilty to numerous charges, including campaign finance fraud and lying to Congress.
The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Cohen was released on furlough as part of an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus in federal prisons. Cohen, 53, began serving his sentence last May and originally was scheduled to be released from prison in November 2021.
Prison advocates and congressional leaders have been pressing the Justice Department for weeks to release at-risk inmates, arguing that the public health guidance to stay 6 feet (1.8 meters) away from other people is nearly impossible behind bars.
Attorney General William Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons in March and April to increase the use of home confinement and expedite the release of eligible high-risk inmates, beginning at three prisons identified as coronavirus hot spots. Otisville is not one of those facilities.
The Bureau of Prisons placed Cohen on furlough as it continues to process a move to home confinement, another person familiar with the matter said. The agency has the authority to release inmates on furlough for up to 30 days and has been doing so to make sure suitable inmates, who are expected to transition to home confinement, can be moved out of correctional facilities sooner, that person said.
A federal judge denied Cohen’s attempt for an early release to home confinement after serving 10 months in prison and said in a ruling earlier this month that it appears to be just another effort to inject himself into the news cycle, but the Bureau of Prisons used its right to authorize without a judicial order. Chile Pleeze!
The Bureau of Prisons said last week that more than 2,400 inmates had been moved to home confinement since Barr first issued his memo on home confinement in late March, and 1,200 others had been approved and were expected to be released in the coming weeks.
Other high-profile inmates have also been released as the number of coronavirus cases soars in the federal prison system. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was released on home confinement last week.
