Judge Denies Sanctioning Michael Cohen for AI-Generated Fake Case Citations

A federal judge denied Michael Cohen's request to end his supervised release early, suggesting he likely committed perjury in past testimony. Cohen's attempt to lift the supervision based on his testimony in a civil fraud case against Trump was rejected by US District Judge Jesse Furman, who cited Cohen's escalating efforts to walk away from his acceptance of responsibility for his crimes. Cohen's attorney disputed the judge's contention, while the judge also declined to enact sanctions against Cohen's former attorney for citing non-existent cases in the filing, attributing the error to a misunderstanding of legal technology.