Michael Cohen was placed in house arrest after the judge ruled that the new prison was ‘retaliation’

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Cohen had been released at home in May, but was suddenly sent back to prison on July 9 over a dispute with correctional officials over the terms of his release.

Cohen, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), sued for his release earlier this week, accusing prison officials of retaliating against him for his plan to publish a book about his years working to President.

“With this statement, the Trump administration would do well to remember that it cannot jail someone for writing a book that criticizes the president,” Vera Eidelman, an ACLU attorney, said in a statement.

On Thursday, District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein ordered Cohen to be released again to his home, saying the Federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly tried to impose a gag order on him as a condition of his release. Hellerstein said it appeared to be retaliation for Cohen’s plan to publish the book.

“I have never seen such a clause,” Hellerstein said during a hearing Thursday. “In 21 years of being a judge and sentencing people and observing the conditions of supervised release, I have never seen such a clause.”

The condition will likely be officially removed from the terms of its release in the coming days.

“I just spoke to my client when he left FCI Otisville,” Cohen’s attorney Danya Perry told The Hill in an email. “He is extremely pleased that the court upheld his fundamental constitutional right to speak freely and publicly, and is looking forward to doing so. Exactly that.”