Prosecutors deny Michael Cohen was sent back to prison over dispute on Trump book
Cohen, 53, pleaded guilty in 2018 to financial crimes, lying to Congress and campaign finance violations related to facilitating hush money payments to two women who claim to have sex with Trump, who denies their accounts.
Cohen's lawyer Jeffrey Levine has said that he was taken into custody after balking at a provision that he not speak with reporters or publish a book during his period of home confinement. Levin and Cohen's other attorneys, who this week filed a lawsuit seeking his release from prison, have saidProsecutors, in their reply to that suit Wednesday, wrote that Cohen's "contention that he was not placed on home confinement on July 9, 2020, in retaliation for a book that he is planning to publish that is critical of the President of the United States is not supported by the evidence.
Cohen's excursions outside of his Upper East Side home since he was furloughed were mentioned in the filing, which noted that he had been seen dining at Manhattan restaurants.
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