A federal judge on Wednesday declined to shorten Michael Cohen‘s post-prison monitoring for tax evasion, grilling the disbarred lawyer for “perjury” ahead of his expected testimony in the criminal hush money trial against former President Donald Trump.
Judge Jesse M. Furman in Manhattan questioned Cohen’s veracity in an order denying his request for early release from the court supervision that followed his three-year prison sentence for crimes including tax evasion, lying to banks and Congress, and violating campaign finance laws. The order marked a setback for Cohen and also raised questions about his “star witness” role in the forthcoming criminal trial against Trump.
Attorney Michael Cohen, left, and former President Donald Trump, right. (AP Photos)
The judge pointed to Cohen’s testimony at Trump’s civil fraud trial in state court last October, when he stated he wasn’t guilty for tax evasion
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