Avenatti in NYT op-ed makes case for indicting Trump

By REBECCA MORIN 09/14/2018 07:12 AM EDT

Attorney Michael Avenatti suggested that it's time to bring the current investigations against Donald Trump to a grand jury to determine whether there is enough evidence to indict the president.

"Provided there is sufficient evidence to support an indictment of President Trump — and there are many indications that there is — the special counsel, Robert Mueller, who is investigating possible Russian interference in the 2016 election, and prosecutors from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, who are investigating payments to my client, Stormy Daniels, and Karen McDougal, should present their evidence to grand juries," Avenatti wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Thursday.

"Those jurors, citizens of our communities, should then determine whether the evidence supports an indictment of Mr. Trump," he continued.

Avenatti is currently a lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels, who is suing Trump and his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen. Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, claims to have had an affair with Trump, which the president has denied.

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