Federal prosecutors are clearing the path for President Trump’s ex-lawyer to release a book criticizing his former boss while serving his prison sentence at home ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
Michael Cohen, who is completing a three-year sentence for campaign violations relating to hush money payments made to pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, will be free to discuss the tell-all book with news organizations and on social media, according to an agreement filed Thursday.
“There shall be no specific media provision” governing Cohen’s activities, stated the agreement, which still must be signed by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan.
Cohen, 53, has served one year of his sentence and was released from prison in May because of the threat of the coronavirus. He was sent back to prison after teasing the book, but Hellerstein ordered him to be released again, saying that to reimprison Cohen would violate his First Amendment rights.
Cohen, who Trump has disparagingly referred to as a “rat,” said the book will include passages highlighting anti-Semitic statements that Trump made to him.
