NY judge delivers Trump a win, orders Michael Cohen to pay upBPR, Aug 29, 2019
Michael Cohen lost a major part of his lawsuit against the Trump Organization. A New York state court judge ruled Wednesday that Trump’s former personal lawyer will have to be responsible for most of his own legal fees, dismissing most of the now-incarcerated Cohen’s claims in a lawsuit seeking nearly $4 million.
Justice Joel Cohen tossed much of Cohen’s lawsuit which he filed back in March, claiming the Trump Organization had promised to cover the legal costs he incurred related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The company apparently did pay some of the fees but stopped after reports that Cohen was planning to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
The Trump Organization had accused Cohen of trying to score a “payday†and asked that the lawsuit be dismissed earlier this year.
Cohen, who is currently serving a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2018 to campaign finance violations, can still have his costs reimbursed for proceedings and investigations that were pending in July 2017.
Notably, the judge also ruled that Cohen couldn’t press a separate claim for the Trump Org. to pay ~$1.9M that Cohen owes in criminal fines and forefeitures — even if they had an agreement about that, the judge said it would be “void as against public policy†pic.twitter.com/Q8Mu2RdMe0
- Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) August 29, 2019
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