Two Former High-Profile Trump Critics Now Admit It: His Foes Are the Real Threat to Democracy

PJ Media ^ | 21 Apr 2024 | Robert Spencer

[Rummyfan]

Yes, you’re right, it’s a republic, not a democracy, but this is no time to quibble. Two high-profile Trump critics, one of whom was even touted as the presidential candidate who could topple Bad Orange in 2020, have just shown that they realize that the real threat to this tottering republic is coming not from the man they once happily joined in on hating, but from his enemies

First it was the man whom Tucker Carlson indelibly dubbed the “Creepy Porn Lawyer.” Michael Avenatti, porn star Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer, is now doing time for a variety of crimes including theft and fraud. This has given him some time to think about the man whose indictment he called for back in 2018, and whom he thought he could defeat for the presidency in 2020. Avenatti has thought so much about the whole thing that he has done a 180 and completely changed his positions.

Now he is even willing to testify on Trump’s behalf. “The defense has contacted me,” Avenatti said Saturday from the minimum-security prison in Los Angeles where he is doing his time. “I’d be more than happy to testify, I don’t know that I will be called to testify, but I have been in touch with Trump’s defense for the better part of year.”

Avenatti said that his change of heart had come about because he realized that the whole thing was a charade: “There’s no question [the trial] is politically motivated because they’re concerned that he may be reelected. If the defendant was anyone other than Donald Trump, this case would not have been brought at this time, and for the government to attempt to bring this case and convict him in an effort to prevent tens of millions of people from voting for him...

[rlmorel]

Both Avenatti and Barr contributed mightily to where we are. Both are scum.

[Maris Crane]

Both Avenatti and Barr contributed mightily to where we are. Both are scum.

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This should be a Headline somewhere.

[Paladin2]

They need to share a cell for eternity.

[Alberta's Child]

I think both of these guys are doing this for the same reason.

They realize one consequence of this “lawfare” is that lawyers are now worse than child molesters in the eyes of normal Americans … and it scares the hell out of them.

[karnage]

Duh.

[rlmorel]

I think that is a valid observation!

[SunkenCiv]

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  :NeverTrumpin':

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[kenmcg]

Yikes, Avennati as a witness for Trump? A prosecutor will tear him a part should he testify.

[GOPJ]

... former Attorney General Bill Barr, who said in 2022: “I don’t think he should be our nominee, the Republican Party nominee, and I think the Republicans have a big opportunity. It would be a big mistake to put him forward.” On Saturday, however, Barr said: “The Biden administration is in fact the greater threat to democracy. I think that they have a totalitarian temper. They have bought into the progressive movement. And they’re trying to squelch opposition and freedom of speech. It’s a heavy-handed bunch of thugs in my opinion, and that’s where the threat is.”

Barr's right but he's a day late and a dollar short... not that the deep state won't move to destroy him - because they will... just wish he had figured this out sooner.