Judge Rips Into Michael Cohen For Bank Fraud Trial ‘Perjury’

A federal judge on Wednesday refused to cut short Michael Cohen’s post-prison monitoring for tax evasion, blasting the disbarred attorney for “perjury”—a revelation that only came out because of Donald Trump’s relentless efforts to discredit his former confidante in a separate court battle.

While the matter marks a minor personal setback for Cohen, who must continue to abide by the strict terms of his supervised release, it also calls into question the trustworthiness of the man who will serve as the Manhattan District Attorney’s lead witness just weeks before the former president faces his first ever criminal trial in New York City.

As a result, Cohen will still be under his three-year “supervised release” until just past Election Day this November, which requires him to regularly check in with a federal probation officer who can monitor his living conditions, employment, and whereabouts. (Cohen served less than a year at Otisville federal prison in New York and was allowed to serve out his three-year sentence from home in Manhattan during the COVID-19 pandemic.)

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