China News Service, April 17th, according to a comprehensive US media report, on the evening of the 16th local time, the lawyer of Cohen, a former personal lawyer of US President Trump, said that because of concerns that the new coronavirus will continue to spread in prison, Cohen will be released ahead of time Years of imprisonment.
Data graph: US President Trump. China News Agency reporter Chen Meng Tongshe
Cohen's lawyer Roger Bennett Adler said that Cohen, 53, will be allowed to serve his sentence at home. Adler said Cohen will be released after two weeks in prison on May 1.
According to reports, Cohen is currently serving his sentence at the federal prison in Otisville, New York, where 14 prisoners and 7 staff members tested positive for the virus.
Cohen was originally scheduled to be released in November 2021. However, due to the unsafe prison environment, his lawyer demanded that his sentence be shortened or served at home, and the Federal Prison Administration subsequently approved a request for early release of Cohen.
According to reports, Cohen has been Trump's personal lawyer for 10 years. In August 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud and two counts of campaign financial violations. In December of the same year, the United States District Court for Manhattan in New York sentenced him to three years in prison.