“The Fight Is Over”: Inside Michael Cohen’s Final Days, His Long Battle with Trump, and His New Life Behind Bars

Cohen spent much of his last weeks of freedom continuing to help investigators, with the hope that he might lessen his prison sentence. But in the end, lawmakers didn’t want to get involved. “He seemed relaxed, in a way,” said one friend who stopped by Cohen’s apartment before his trip upstate to Otisville. “The day he gets there is the most peaceful day he will have in years.”