She is attempting to break a hush money agreement she signed that requires her to stay quiet about an affair she says she had with Trump. He addressed the remark to Rudy Giuliani, Trump's current attorney in the Russia investigation.Īvenatti represents Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels, in her lawsuit against the president and Cohen. You and your client completely misplayed this." Avenatti wrote on Twitter responding to the news. It is not yet clear whether he is fully cooperating with investigators, but if he does, he may end up providing testimony for special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia Buckle Up Buttercup. We will disclose it all to the public.Michael Avenatti, a frequent critic and prolific taunter of President Donald Trump, took to Twitter Tuesday afternoon to express his enthusiasm for the news that Michael Cohen will be pleading guilty to criminal charges.Ĭohen, Trump's former lawyer and fixer will be pleading guilty to charges of campaign finance violations and fraud brought by the Southern District of New York, according to multiple outlets including the New York Times. The developments of today will permit us to have the stay lifted in the civil case & should also permit us to proceed with an expedited deposition of Trump under oath about what he knew, when he knew it, and what he did about it.
Michael Avenatti, Clifford’s lawyer, tweeted Tuesday that Cohen’s plea will “permit us to proceed with an expedited deposition of Trump under oath about what he knew, when he knew it, and what he did about it.” “He’s most likely in a position to provide details on the Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal payoffs,” Serafini said of Cohen. But some legal experts say Giuliani’s comments failed to clear up campaign finance violation questions. … No campaign finance violation,” he said.
attorney and New York City mayor has said the payment and alleged reimbursement will “turn out to be perfectly legal.” Giuliani said the president repaid his “fixer” $130,000 he transmitted to Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) in return for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter when Trump was a reality show star. attorney was looking at when it came to Cohen. Trump and his team have long - and loudly - denied his 2016 campaign colluded or had illegal contacts with the Russian government or other Russians. Mueller III, the former FBI director leading the Justice Department’s Russia election meddling probe. “The question becomes is Cohen in a position to have information that would be helpful to the special counsel,” Serafini said, referring to Robert S. Typically, federal investigators will offer a plea deal in return for information about a “bigger fish,” said Toobin, though he noted it is not year clear that would automatically be Trump. Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin told CNN it is difficult to fathom that prosecutors would strike this kind of deal with someone like Cohen and then never again question him. That means Cohen would know if there are any skeletons in Trump’s business or 2016 campaign closets. Still, here are three reasons the president should worry about Cohen’s deal.Ĭohen worked for Trump for years, and was the now-president’s go-to man to clean up messy situations and do the dirty work. Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, have tried to distance the president from his former “fixer,” but the optics of Cohen’s admission of guilt alone are bad for the president - though he has a Teflon quality that allows him to absorb body blows and maintain the support of about 40 percent of the U.S.
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