alvin k. hellstein appropriately ruled in that case. they did exactly when they intended to do. there was no chance when i was as opposed to going like everyone else up to the bronx to the location center to have an anker monitor put on. they knew exactly that i was never going to be leaving and it was a matter of having me sit in the waiting room long enough for me to get the paperwork done, three marshals appeared. they told me to stand up. i was there with my attorney, jeff levine and they told me to stand up and face the wall and they shackled me which i was surprised. i ve never been shackled before and they had me remained back to otisville for 15 days where i spent another 15 days in solitary confinement with no movement which now brought it up to 51 days of solitary confinement. i want to ask you, because obviously, you re in a unique
finance violation for that and pled guilt per serve other criminal charges. he completed his prison and home confinement. michael cohen joins me now. he is the author of mea culpa podcast, and author of disloyal, the true story of the former attorney of donald j. trump. i want to start with the lawsuit that you filed against trump and other government officials. you allege that there are retaliatory actions taken against you. tell me about that. actually, it wasn t my words. it s the word of judge alvin heatherstein here in new york. it was his words because it s actually a fact and what they did is they retaliated against me. they lied in their affidavits in their opposition to dania perry, who was my attorney at the time to her motion to have me returned back to home confinement and again, judge