Leben. "The lawsuit said the government's demand that Cohen agree not to speak to or through any media, including by publishing a book, violated his First Amendment rights.Cohen had been furloughed in May along with other prisoners as authorities tried to slow the spread of the coronavirus in federal prisons.He was one year into a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress, among other crimes.Campaign finance charges related to his efforts to arrange payouts during the 2016 presidential race to keep the porn actress Stormy Daniels and model Karen McDougal from making public claims of extramarital affairs with Trump. It’s unfortunate that the media is exploiting this sad and desperate man to attack President Trump,” Morgenstern said. Cohen said he knows where Trump’s metaphorical “skeletons” are buried because he buried them. In a statement, Danya Perry, Cohen's attorney, said the judge's ruling confirms that the Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons can't block Cohen from publishing a book about the president as a condition of his home confinement. These are accounts that only someone who worked for Trump around the clock for a decade — not a few months or even a couple of years — could know. Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, departs his Manhattan ...[+] apartment for prison on May 06, 2019 in New York City. Davis said officials departed the meeting to discuss Cohen's disagreement, then U.S. marshals returned about an hour later, carrying shackles.Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Feb. 27, 2019 in Washington. Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, on Thursday promised to show how Trump cheated in the 2016 election with Russian help in … "He readily admits to lying routinely but expects people to believe him now so that he can make money from book sales. The memoir will be released Sept. 8 by Skyhorse Publishing.

"This principle transcends politics, and we are gratified that the rule of law prevails," Perry said.The Bureau of Prisons said in a statement that assertions officials retaliated against Cohen were "patently false. ""Trump had cheated in the election, with Russian connivance, as you will discover in these pages, because doing anything—and I mean anything—to 'win' has always been his business model and way of life," he continued.Cohen also previewed other scandals, including that he lied to first lady Melania Trump to cover up her husband's sexual infidelities and that Trump tasked him with creating a "secret back channel" for Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

(Reuters) - Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, on Thursday promised to show how Trump cheated in the 2016 election with Russian help in an upcoming book titled “Disloyal, A Memoir.” “Trump had cheated in the election, with Russian connivance, as you will discover in these pages, because doing anything — and I mean anything — to ‘win’ has always been his business model and way of life,” Cohen writes in the book’s foreword, which was published online on Thursday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images KEY FACTS Michael Cohen is moving forward with his tell-all memoir about President Donald Trump, weeks after a judge ruled that his being sent back to prison was a retaliatory act over the book.The former attorney and self-described fixer for the president announced on Twitter Thursday that his book, "Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump," is now available for pre-order online, where people can also read the book's foreword.

Cohen did not list a publisher for the book and, as of midday Thursday, it was not listed on Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.com.