Giuliani is playing the victim card now that he's been named a target of the Georgia investigation:
Former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said on Monday that “we’re starting to live in a fascist state” after he was told that he was the target of a Georgia probe into the 2020 election. “It’s j…
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News flash: If you break the law you will be convicted. No one gets a pass because they have a "D" or an "R" after their name.
>>>Michael John Avenatti (born February 16, 1971) is an American former attorney and convicted felon,
[2] best known for his representation of
adult film actress
Stormy Daniels in
her lawsuits against then U.S. president
Donald Trump, and for his attempted extortion of sports apparel company
Nike that led to his conviction of several felonies.
[3][4][5] His firm had represented celebrity defendants and has filed suits against
Fortune 500 companies.
[6][7] Avenatti has appeared extensively on television and in print as a legal and political commentator, and as a representative for prominent clients.
[8][9]
Before
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, Avenatti introduced a written declaration in September 2018 accusing Kavanaugh of spiking drinks at parties for the purpose of allowing girls to be gang-raped when he was in high school.
[10] The accuser, Julie Swetnick, later repudiated the declaration in an interview with
NBC News, claiming Avenatti had misrepresented her allegations.
[11] Chuck Grassley referred Avenatti and Swetnick to the
Department of Justice for criminal investigation.
[12][13]
On several occasions, beginning in March 2019, Avenatti was indicted in California and New York on federal counts including tax evasion, extortion, fraud, and embezzlement. He has been ineligible to practice law in California since May 4, 2020.
[14] On February 14, 2020, Avenatti was convicted of all charges against him in the New York court. Avenatti was held in
New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center while he awaited sentencing for his extortion conviction in the New York case. He faced potentially more than 40 years in prison.
[15][16] Amid healthcare concerns during the
COVID-19 pandemic, Avenatti was temporarily released from prison in April 2020 under orders to return within 90 days, and placed under
house arrest at a friend's house in California.
[17] On July 8, 2021, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
[18]
The second of four federal criminal trials involving Avenatti began on July 21, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. During this proceeding, Avenatti announced that he would be defending himself. He was found guilty of
wire fraud and
aggravated identity theft.
[19]
On June 2, 2022, he was sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding Daniels.
[20]<<<
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Michael Cohen also got himself disbarred and convicted, in part for his payments to silence Stormy Daniels:
>>>Cohen pleaded guilty to eight charges on August 21, 2018, including a campaign finance violation, for his role in the payment. He implicated Trump, saying that he acted "in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office".
[34] Trump said that he only knew about the payments "later on", adding that the payments "didn't come out of the campaign, they came from me".
[35] The New York Times reported on August 22 that Cohen's court documents revealed that two senior
Trump Organization executives also involved in the
hush money payments. It also said that Cohen "coordinated with one or more members of the campaign, including through meetings and phone calls" about the payments.
[36]
Trump denied directing Cohen to make hush payments on December 13.<<<
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For those who are keeping score at home, here it is:
People who used to be big shot lawyers: 0
Stormy Daniels: 2
Yes, that was intended to be a joke.
