Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Returns to Prison After Virus Furlough
- Former Trump lawyer wouldn’t meet terms of home confinement
- Cohen declined to agree not to speak to press, adviser says
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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, is back behind bars after refusing the terms of home confinement, which include constraints on talking to the press.
Cohen, who is serving a three-year sentence for campaign finance violations and other crimes, was released on a furlough in May and allowed to return to his home in Manhattan for fear of catching the coronavirus in prison. He was on furlough pending formal placement in home confinement but declined to agree to its conditions, which include electronic monitoring and getting approval for interviews, U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokesman Emery Nelson said on Thursday.