President Donald Trump’s former longtime attorney Michael Cohen will surrender to authorities May 6 to begin a three-year prison sentence, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday.

Cohen, 52, was initially scheduled to report to authorities on March 6.

U.S. District Judge William Pauley on Wednesday endorsed a memo filed in court requesting that Cohen’s reporting date be moved from March 6 to May 6. Cohen’s attorney, Michael Monico, said in the request that Cohen recently underwent “a serious surgical procedure and he needs to undergo intensive post-surgical physical therapy and be monitored by his physician for recovery.”

Cohen recently underwent shoulder surgery, according to The Associated Press.

Pauley sentenced Cohen to serve 36 months in prison after he admitted last year to lying in congressional testimony, multiple counts of tax evasion and arranging illicit payments to silence women who posed a risk to Trump's presidential campaign.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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