An attorney for Michael Cohen may have cited fictitious legal cases while arguing for an early end to his client’s supervised release, a judge wrote in an order Tuesday.
Former Donald Trump lawyer and fixer Cohen—who was jailed after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations and other charges in 2018—was seeking an end to court supervision of his case. In a court filing last month, Cohen’s attorney, David M. Schwartz, cited three District Court cases as part of his rationale for the move—all of which, it turns out, are baloney.
“As far as the Court can tell, none of these cases exist,” U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman wrote in an order Tuesday. Furman also ordered Schwartz to provide evidence that the cases are real within a week or produce a sworn declaration and explanation of “how the motion came to cite cases that do not exist and what role, if any, Mr. Cohen played in drafting or reviewing the motion before it was filed.”
