Freed Michael Cohen WILL be allowed to publish tell-all book calling Trump a racist under new agreement with federal prosecutors

Michael Cohen will be free to speak to the media and publish his tell-all book on President Trump under a new agreement with federal prosecutors filed on Thursday.  

The U.S. government has agreed to drop its efforts to silence Trump's former personal lawyer, saying it will no longer demand that he adhere to a gag order in the weeks before his book critical of his former boss is released. 

'The parties agree that a specific provision regarding Petitioner's contact with the media is not necessary,' the court filing read. 

Cohen said in court papers that the book titled, 'Disloyal: The True Story of Michael Cohen, Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump' would be published before the November election.

It comes a week after Cohen was released from a federal prison in New York where he spent two weeks after refusing to agree to a media ban. 

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Federal prosecutors dropped their effort to silence Michael Cohen (pictured after his release from prison last week) on Thursday saying they will no longer demand he adhere to a gag order

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Cohen announced he was writing a tell-all book on his former boss titled, 'Disloyal: The True Story of Michael Cohen, Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump', that will be published before the November election

The 53-year-old is completing the last two years of a three-year prison sentence at home after pleading guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress.

He was released from prison in May amid coronavirus fears in U.S. prisons, only to be returned earlier this month after tweeting that he planned to publish a book claiming Trump had used racial slurs against Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela.   

'I am close to completion of my book... anticipated release date will be late September,' he said on Twitter.

Cohen had sued federal prison officials and U.S. Attorney General William Barr, saying he was ordered back to prison because of the book. 

U.S. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein last week ordered him released, saying the government's action was retaliatory and a violation of his First Amendment rights.

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Cohen was thrown back into prison one week after tweeting that he would release his tell-all book ahead of the November presidential election

Judge orders Michael Cohen released from prison

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Probation authorities had told Hellerstein in court documents that Cohen was sent back to prison because he refused to sign a form banning him from publishing the book or communicating with the media or public.

The Bureau of Prisons has said any assertion that the re-imprisonment of Cohen 'was a retaliatory action is patently false.'

He was released to home confinement last Friday after being held behind bars since July 9.

Cohen's book is anticipated in part for what it might divulge about the circumstances that led him to plead guilty to campaign finance charges and blame Trump for directing him to commit the crimes.

The charges stemmed from his efforts to arrange payouts during the 2016 presidential race to keep the porn actress Stormy Daniels and model Karen McDougal from making public claims of extramarital affairs with Trump. 

Trump has denied the affairs.

In a written declaration, Cohen said his book 'will provide graphic and unflattering details about the President´s behavior behind closed doors.'

The ruling is is the third straight defeat for Trump and his administration in attempts to ban critical books, the first two being by John Bolton, his former national security advisor, then a bombshell memoir by his niece Mary Trump.

Trump had failed to stop both books from coming out, alleging through the DOJ that Bolton had revealed classified information and then taking part in his brother's lawsuit claiming that Mary Trump had violated a nondisclosure agreement and had to be gagged.