Crime July 9, 2020

Michael Cohen Is Back In Jail

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 30: Michael Cohen, (C) former personal lawyer and confidante for President Donald Trump, exits the United States District Court Southern District of New York on May 30, 2018 in New York City. According to a filing submitted to the court Tuesday night by special master Barbara Jones, federal prosecutors investigating Michael Cohen, a longtime personal lawyer and confidante for President Donald Trump, are set to receive 1 million files from three of his cellphones that were seized last month. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Michael Cohen’s freedom didn’t last long. Today Donald Trump’s former attorney is back behind bars after reportedly violating terms of his early release. CNBC reports:

His attorney told NBC News that his detention could be connected to a photo of him that appeared on the front page of The New York Post eating outside of his Manhattan residence, where he was supposed to be under home confinment for the remainder of a three-year criminal sentence.
Cohen was recently released from prison due to concerns he could catch the coronavirus.

BREAKING: Michael Cohen taken back into custody.@katyturnbc: "The attny. said it could relate to his visit to a NY restaurant. … This is not … what [Cohen] was expecting."@chucktodd: "It's worth noting that … the president was unhappy when he got released from prison." pic.twitter.com/iZUiZ4FKNH
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) July 9, 2020

When he was released in May, Cohen was one year into his three-year sentence for tax evasion and making false statements. The charges were related to bank and campaign finance violations on payments he made on behalf of Trump.