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spanone

(135,635 posts)
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 02:23 PM Jun 2018

Michael Avenatti: The Russians Are Trying to Run a Smear Job on Me

“They suggested that I had had a liaison with multiple women in Russia,” Stormy Daniels’ lawyer says, citing three sources—but no documentary evidence.

Michael Avenatti, the outspoken attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, says the Russian government is trying to smear him in the press. Avenatti told The Daily Beast that people in the Kremlin have been trying to plant damaging stories about him in media outlets.

Avenatti did not offer concrete proof to support the claim, but said two media figures and a high-ranking American intelligence official have all told him about the alleged Russian effort.

“They’re doing it because they see me as a threat, a considerable threat,” he said. “If we weren’t a threat, none of this would be happening.”

Avenatti’s client Stormy Daniels is currently embroiled in a legal battle with Trump’s former longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen. She is looking to get out of a legal agreement she signed weeks before the 2016 election that bars her from discussing an affair she says she had with President Donald Trump. Trump denies the affair, but admitted to authorizing a payout to Daniels.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-avenatti-the-russians-are-trying-to-run-a-smear-job-on-me?ref=home

“They were trying to claim that I too had taken a trip to Moscow... I’ve never been to Moscow in my life, I’ve never traveled to Russia in my life.”
— Michael Avenatti
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dmr

(28,321 posts)
6. I hope he and Ms. Clifford take extra special precautions
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 03:53 PM
Jun 2018

to remain safe and secure.

Trump, and his various conspirators have a lot to lose, most of which I wouldn't even be able to imagine. That's pretty frightening.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
11. Has anyone seen a single story about Avenatti having liasons with women in Russia?
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 07:15 PM
Jun 2018

I have not seen any such stories in any news outlet.

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