Supreme Court won’t revive Michael Cohen retaliation suit against Trump

The Supreme Court will not wade into Michael Cohen’s long-waged war against former President Trump, declining Monday to revive his lawsuit seeking damages for retaliation during his prison sentence.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Cohen was serving a three-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2018 to federal campaign finance and other crimes – some of which he maintains he committed at Trump’s direction.

Due to health reasons that would be exacerbated by the virus, Cohen’s prison term was furloughed, and he was sent to home confinement.

But that didn’t last for long. Officials later ordered him back to prison and into solitary confinement after he raised issue with a release condition asking........

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