Appeal court says Michael Cohen cannot hold Trump liable for his imprisonment

Michael Cohen cannot hold his former boss, ex-president Donald Trump, liable for allegedly jailing him in retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir, an appeals court said (Mary Altaffer/AP)

Michael Cohen cannot hold his former boss, ex-US president Donald Trump, liable for allegedly jailing him in retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir, an appeals court said on Tuesday.

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said in an order that it would not revive a lawsuit that a lower-court judge had thrown out because the law did not seem to provide a damages remedy for most claims that someone was jailed in retaliation for their criticisms of a president.