Cohen, 54, says he suffered emotional pain and suffering, mental anguish and loss of freedom from being sent back to a federal prison in July 2020 just weeks after being furloughed early due to concerns over his risk from Covid-19.
Cohen s lawyers are preparing a second claim alleging that then-Attorney General William Barr and BOP Director Michael Carvajal violated his First Amendment right to free speech by returning him to prison.
The filing comes almost a year after a Manhattan federal court judge, in ordering Cohen s release after more than two weeks, ruled that the purpose of Barr and Carvajal in sending Cohen back to prison was retaliatory in response to Cohen intending to exercise his First Amendment rights to publish a book critical of the President and to discuss the book on social media.
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Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Moves to Sue U S for $20 Million on Claim of Prison Retaliation for Book
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