Michael Cohen Loses Suit Alleging Trump Retaliated Over Book

Ex-Trump lawyer claims he was locked up over critical memoir
Judge notes Cohen won release, which he calls ‘partial remedy’

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By Robert Burnson

November 14, 2022 at 11:38 PM UTC

Updated on

November 15, 2022 at 7:46 PM UTC

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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former Trump Organization lawyer Michael Cohen accusing the US government and Donald Trump of retaliating against him for publishing a book.

Cohen was serving a prison sentence for crimes tied to his work for Trump and was initially released to home confinement in May 2020. He was then briefly reincarcerated in upstate New York, which he claimed was punishment for refusing to sign an agreement that would have prevented him from speaking to the media or publishing his book, “Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump.”