BREAKING: Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for President Trump, will be released from prison early over concerns of COVID-19 continuing to spread among inmates behind bars, his lawyer says.
Cohen, 53, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 after pleading guilty to making secret payments to women who claimed they had affairs with Trump, and lying to Congress about the president's business relationships in Russia.The Bureau of Prisons has so far released 1,000 inmates nationwide to prevent the development of COVID-19 behind bars. It also suspended social visitation and limited inmates' movement.
As of Wednesday 451 federal inmates and 280 staff members have contracted the virus. Sixteen inmates have died, according to the bureau.
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