No Early Release From Prison For President's Former Lawyer

OTISVILLE, NY — While Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney of President Donald Trump, had been told in mid-April he was slated for early release from prison because of the new coronavirus outbreak, that appears to have been rescinded. Other prisoners at the federal prison camp in Otisville, in Orange County, who had been told they would be be granted home confinement, have also been told they've lost those privileges.

Cohen received a letter Thursday from Trump Organization lawyers demanding that he stop writing a book about working for the president, ABC News reported.

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The convicted lawyer and other inmates at the minimum-security satellite camp had been told they were going to be held in quarantine for two weeks before being allowed to go home, while under the supervision of federal probation officers.

Cohen had been sentenced to three years in prison for campaign finance violations, tax evasion and other crimes.

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