Judge orders Michael Cohen released from jail after ‘retaliation’

Michael Cohen outside his Park Avenue flat in New York, the US, in May. Picture: JOHANNES EISELE / AFP

Cohen has been in solitary confinement in a federal prison in Otisville, New York, about 110km northwest of New York City. “Michael Cohen is now imprisoned in solitary confinement because he is drafting a book manuscript that is critical of the President of the US — and because he recently made public that he intends to publish this book shortly before the upcoming election,” Cohen's lawyers, who include attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, wrote in seeking an order for his immediate release.

Jon Gustin, a Federal Bureau of Prisons official, said in a court filing that he made the decision to send Cohen back to prison.

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