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  • Michael Avenatti Faces Sentencing in Nike Extortion Scheme

    07/08/2021 10:29:14 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 19 replies
    AP ^ | 07/08/2021 | AP
    NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who publicly sparred with then-President Donald Trump before criminal fraud charges on two coasts disrupted his rapid ascent to fame, faces sentencing in one of those cases Thursday. Over a year after a jury concluded Avenatti tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity, U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe will sentence him in Manhattan. Avenatti was convicted on charges that he tried to extort up to $25 million from the Beaverton, Oregon-based sportswear giant as he represented a Los Angeles youth basketball...
  • Federal judge rules that Trump can't enforce non-disclosure agreements signed by his 2016 campaign staff

    03/31/2021 8:52:20 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 30 replies
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | 09:12 EDT, 31 March 2021 | UPDATED: 10:48 EDT, 31 March 2021 | EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER
    Federal judge ruled Trump can't enforce non-disclosure agreement he required his campaign aides to sign U.S. District Court Judge Paul Gardephe, an appointee of President George W. Bush, said the language was too broad and unenforceable 'The non-disclosure provision is thus much broader than what the Campaign asserts is necessary to protect its legitimate interests, and, therefore, is not reasonable,' he ruled Issue came about when Jessica Denson, a Hispanic outreach director for Trump in 2016, accused the campaign of sex discrimination in a separate lawsuit In return, the campaign accused her of violating the non-disclosure