You Will Anyway: Here we go again

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Here we go again - Part 2

A judge in the United States has agreed to postpone the start of ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's prison sentence by two months to May 6.

New York Judge William Pauley approved the delay on Wednesday after Cohen's lawyers said he needed more time to recover from shoulder surgery and prepare for a congressional testimony. They noted prosecutors did not object.

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He was originally scheduled to report to prison March 6.

alJazeera

Well, his testimony is scheduled for February 27. But sure, add another two months for his shoulder. Maybe he can have the other one operated on and get a few more months.

Cohen’s lawyer said he was undergoing intensive post-surgery physical therapy and spending substantial time getting ready for testimony his attorneys say he will deliver to three congressional committees this month.

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Cohen, 52, was spotted last month in New York City wearing a hospital ID bracelet and with his right arm in a sling. At the time, his lawyer said he’d undergone minor shoulder surgery.

PBS

I wonder what minor shoulder surgery is. And I wonder why no reporter seems to have pressed for some details.

January 18, 2019

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, created a stir when he was photographed outside his New York City apartment with his arm in a sling and a hospital ID bracelet on his wrist.

AP

Raise your hand everybody who's been hospitalized and worn their hospital bracelet home. OK, there are probably a few of you.

Yeah, these days they make slings for shoulder surgeries that have a bolster attached. What hospital was that?

It was a previously scheduled surgery according to Cohen's lawyer. Coincidentally fortuitous timing. Perhaps he'd been living with the pain for years that was exacerbated by the stress of an imminent prison date.

I'm not calling him a malingerer or a faker. Just wondering about some things. I'm sure my questions have reasonable answers. I'd just like to have them. I hate being left with unanswered questions.

And I don't blame him for not wanting to go to prison and doing everything he can to prevent it.

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