Posted on 02/04/2022 12:06:49 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday of charges he cheated the porn actor Stormy Daniels out of nearly $300,000 she was supposed to get for writing a book about an alleged tryst with former president Donald Trump.
Avenatti stared straight ahead as the verdict was read. It was another crushing defeat for the California lawyer, who has faced a host of legal problems after briefly rising to fame as one of Trump’s leading antagonists on cable news early in the Republican’s administration.
Avenatti dumped his lawyers and decided to represent himself shortly after the trial began, setting up a face-to-face showdown with Daniels, his former client, who appeared in a new role as star witness.
Prosecutors portrayed Avenatti as a common thief and serial liar. He countered by seeking to cast himself as a white knight who came to the rescue of Daniels until he turned on her.
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And creepy porn lawyer was stupid enough to fall for it.
“Ooohhh Mr. Pres- oops Mr avenetti. You’re so presidential!!! Tell us more about that evil Trump?”
how anybody believed PDJT ( a germaphobe) let his pecker get anywhere near that petri dish of a hoohaw, i will never know.
Ugh.
And finally Avenetti learns the different between Pro Bono and Pro Boner.
Oh well - no matter how crooked he can always go to CNN 🤪
BTTT
I isn't this a state (not federal) crime?
I said to myself as I read that he fired his lawyer,”I bet Trump got a smile outta that one.”
Maybe he wanted her bra for a bowling ball bag!
They were going completely ga-ga over him. Holding him up as a legal and political superman who was going to defeat Trump in 2020.
This looks like a straight up criminal conviction, on FEDERAL charges, and comes on top of another conviction in which he must serve time. Looks like STORMY weather for el sleazebo Avenatti!
“I’m very disappointed in the jury’s verdict,” Avenatti told reporters outside the federal courtroom in New York. “I’m looking forward to a full adjudication of all the issues on appeal.”
U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman ordered Avenatti to surrender Monday to U.S. marshals in California. Avenatti has delayed serving a 2 1/2-year prison sentence for his 2020 conviction in an extortion case while waiting for the book proceeds trial and the retrial of a fraud case in a California federal court.
Sentencing was set for May 24. Prosecutors said it was likely that Daniels will speak at sentencing."
So, to address TChad, it's all Federal, so Biden will get to pardon Avenatti.
Thanks for the info.
"A Manhattan federal jury found Avenatti guilty of single counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to his pocketing nearly $300,000 of Daniels’ advance for her memoir, Full Disclosure. He now faces up to 22 years in prison."
"Hunter Biden’s ex-stripper baby mama was on his payroll while pregnant"
On a democrat's resume, it's a big plus!
After the verdict, Avenatti’s brain said “That’s OK... Zucker will get me a well paid gig on—DOH!!!”
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