The Supreme Court denied Michael Cohen’s request to revive a lawsuit alleging former President Donald Trump retaliated against him when the Department of Justice ordered Cohen to return to prison in 2020.
The high court included its denial of Cohen’s petition among a list of orders it released on Monday, effectively ending a yearslong court fight Cohen initiated in December 2021 over his prior imprisonment.
Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, brought the case against Trump and the DOJ, seeking damages over allegations Trump and former Attorney General Bill Barr retaliated against him when Cohen sought early release from prison in 2020.
Cohen had been serving out a three-year sentence for campaign finance violations, tax evasion, and false statements when, after spending about a year in prison, he became eligible for home confinement because of new COVID-19…
