Probation officials return Cohen to prison during home-confinement negotiations

Reporting and findings

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   Federal officers returned Cohen to prison after a meeting over home-confinement conditions that included a broad ban on publishing, media contact, and social media. Officials said he refused the conditions and was combative; Cohen said he sought to negotiate language affecting his forthcoming Trump book. A court later tested those competing explanations and found the reincarceration retaliatory.

   • Axios: Michael Cohen taken back into federal custodyReturn to custody, official explanation, and contested conditions
   • Associated Press: Judge orders Michael Cohen released, saying return to prison was retaliatoryJuly 9 sequence and parties' competing accounts reviewed at habeas hearing