Former Stormy Lawyer Michael Avenatti Talking To Trump Legal Team: Report

Imprisoned former lawyer Michael Avenatti, who represented grownup movie star Stormy Daniels in an unsuccessful lawsuit in opposition to Donald Trump, is reportedly in talks with the previous president’s authorized crew in his hush cash trial and has even provided to function a witness for the protection, a report on Friday famous.

The New York Post reported that Avenatti, who was convicted of defrauding Daniels out of e-book advance cash and making an attempt to extort style large Nike, stated Trump’s authorized crew “has contacted me,” including that he has been speaking to Trump’s attorneys for months.

“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,” he advised The Post in a telephone name from Terminal Island, a minimum-security federal jail in Los Angeles the place he’s at present serving a 19-year sentence for extortion, tax evasion, fraud, embezzlement and different federal crimes.

The Post went on to say that Avenatti wouldn’t disclose any additional particulars about his alleged conversations.

The former litigator was as soon as a serious opponent of Trump throughout the latter’s presidency, even calling for him to be indicted in 2018. But as of late, Avenatti has been singing a unique tune, even defending the previous president.

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“There’s no question [the trial] is politically motivated because they’re concerned that he may be reelected,” Avenatti advised The Post. “If the defendant was anybody apart from Donald Trump, this case wouldn’t have been introduced presently, and for the federal government to try to deliver this case and convict him in an effort to stop tens of tens of millions of individuals from voting for him, I feel it’s simply flat out unsuitable, and atrocious.

“I’m really bothered by the fact that Trump, in my view, has been targeted. Four cases is just over the top and I think there’s a significant chance that this is going to all backfire and is going to propel him to the White House,” he added. “Depending on what happens, this could constitute pouring jet fuel on his campaign.”

Regarding Daniels, Avenatti recommended she might commit perjury if she have been referred to as to the witness stand to testify in Trump’s hush cash trial, which begins Monday.

“Stormy Daniels is going to say whatever she believes is going to assist Stormy Daniels and putting more money in her pocket,” Avenatti stated. “If Stormy Daniels’s lips are moving, she’s lying for money.”

Avenatti recommended that she wouldn’t be a dependable witness within the upcoming trial, pointing to her historical past of constructing claims about speaking with deceased folks and her possession of a purportedly “haunted” doll named Susan.

“I don’t know how you can possibly put someone who makes those claims on the witness stand and use them as a star witness in a case against a former president United States who’s running for president. That is just absolutely ludicrous to me.”

Avenatti denied he’s looking for clemency from Trump in a second time period and stated his change of coronary heart “was not motivated by the former president’s famous susceptibility to flattery,” The Post reported.

“I’m not saying any of this because I’m seeking a pardon,” Avenatti stated, including he would by no means have come out in opposition to Trump if he had realized that Daniels wasn’t being trustworthy with him.

Last week, Avenatti made headlines following a telephone interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber relating to his tackle Trump’s hush cash case.

“You know, I think the case has a lot of problems. Now that– I don’t mean to suggest that means that Trump will not be convicted because I think he will be convicted,” he stated.

“I don’t think that he can get a fair trial in New York. And to the people who claim that in fact, he can get a fair trial in New York with a New York jury, I would ask them, if they were to go to sleep tonight and wake up tomorrow and find out that the case had been moved to Mississippi or Alabama, would they still think the trial was going to be fair?” Avenatti stated.

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