NEW YORK _ Michael Cohen, the disgraced former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, walked out of a federal prison in upstate New York on Thursday and quickly promised to dish on his former boss _ just not right now.
"I am so glad to be home and back with my family," Cohen tweeted after arriving at his Upper East Side home, where he will serve the remainder of his three-year sentence. "There is so much I want to say and intend to say. But now is not the right time. Soon. Thank you to all my friends and supporters."
Cohen, 53, wasn't supposed to get out until November 2021 at the earliest, but the Justice Department is letting hundreds of inmates convicted of nonviolent crimes serve their stints in home confinement in a bid to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Cohen, who's working on a tell-all book about Trump, left the federal lockup in Otisville in the early morning and arrived at his posh Manhattan pad shortly before 11 a.m., wearing a face mask, a University of Miami cap, jeans and a black blazer.
The president's former lawyer, with help from his son, carried several boxes of legal documents into his luxury apartment building, which is just a few blocks from Trump Tower.
He did not stop to talk with reporters.
However, responding to a tweet from a journalist saying he had "mumbled something," Cohen explained he had praised the gathered reporters.
"I thanked the media," he posted.
The virus has infected at least 14 inmates and guards at the upstate facility that housed Cohen.
Cohen was initially supposed to get out at the beginning of May, but his release was derailed at the last minute, sparking rumors that Trump had gotten involved.
Having served as Trump's legal and political fixer for more than a decade, Cohen publicly broke with him last year after pleading guilty to a string of federal crimes, including facilitating illegal hush money payments to a couple of the president's alleged mistresses shortly before the 2016 election.
Cohen testified before Congress last year that Trump has committed several crimes since taking office, including fraud.
He has called on lawmakers to hunt down Trump's tax returns, alleging the long-sought documents will prove the president's crimes.
