US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen out of solitary confinement
- Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 for directing hush payments to pornographic film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal
Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, has been removed from solitary confinement in a federal prison where he is serving time for violating campaign finance laws, his lawyer told Reuters on Saturday.
Cohen was transferred on Wednesday to a Special Housing Unit at the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution in New York state, a disciplinary section of the prison, Reuters reported this week.
Cohen’s lawyer, Roger Adler, did not explain why Cohen had been moved out of solitary confinement. The facility did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Before the transfer, Cohen had been housed in a minimum-security camp at the facility, which is about 70 miles (110km) northwest of New York City.
Cohen, who once said he would “take a bullet” for Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 for directing hush payments to pornographic film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who claimed they had affairs with Trump. Trump has denied having the encounters.
In March, Cohen pressed to be released early due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has hammered New York state and surfaced in prisons around the country.
