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Sounds like Avenatti is on the warpath. (Original Post) triron Oct 2018 OP
Bring it on, make it happen. Wintryjade Oct 2018 #1
I have appreciated the heat MontanaMama Oct 2018 #2
Terribly unfortunate, but probably so. triron Oct 2018 #3
Yes it is. MontanaMama Oct 2018 #5
Well said. Raven123 Oct 2018 #8
Not quite true. Grassly has called for an investigation into Julie's claims leftofcool Oct 2018 #10
A Sessions-run DOJ isn't going to do anything with Grassley's criminal referral which RockRaven Oct 2018 #4
Lol peacebuzzard Oct 2018 #7
Talk is cheap. cwydro Oct 2018 #6
Grassley has referred Avenatti and his client mtngirl47 Oct 2018 #9
Don't understand your post since Grassley is the one who started the ball rolling. Kingofalldems Oct 2018 #12
I don't like your subject NJCher Oct 2018 #14
Sorry, I'm not a fan of his. cwydro Oct 2018 #15
Oh good grief, not even close! CrispyQ Oct 2018 #18
I agree. kag Oct 2018 #20
No, he's just doing it to stay in the news. NONE of his "bombshells" have amounted to anything. 7962 Oct 2018 #22
No, only Cohen being indicted and Trump shown to be a co-conspirator. That's all. triron Oct 2018 #24
Which had everything to do with Robert Mueller and little to do with Avenatti. 7962 Oct 2018 #27
There seems to be a widespread belief that Avenatti was responsible The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #28
He's talking to Grassley zentrum Oct 2018 #17
Grassley calling on an investigation of Avenatti and his client has opened up a HUGE can of worms... George II Oct 2018 #11
Absolutely! Kingofalldems Oct 2018 #13
Michael Avenatti: weissmam Oct 2018 #16
K&R... spanone Oct 2018 #19
Avenatti trying to stay in the limelight. He's another emperor with no clothes. 7962 Oct 2018 #21
Got a link on that? Kingofalldems Oct 2018 #23
Of course. NBC News 7962 Oct 2018 #25
This Has Been Described As Hit Job DallasNE Oct 2018 #31
What, so now Avenatti is the dupe? But he's so SHARP, how could that ever happen? 7962 Oct 2018 #32
This is refers to a woman whose statement Avenatti used to back up Swetnick's claims, The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #26
This is very very good bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #29
Pit bull! Yeah! We need people like KPN Oct 2018 #30

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
2. I have appreciated the heat
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 01:34 PM
Oct 2018

that Avenatti has put on Michael Cohen and the MAGAt in chief...I would recommend that he bring something productive to the fore at this point. He is risking whatever political capital he might have had. The FBI is not going to investigate his client’s claims. Nor is anybody listening when we are under attack by the MAGAts.

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
5. Yes it is.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 01:41 PM
Oct 2018

I hate saying it. I don’t intend to diminish her claims because I believe her. If the MAGAt has to be the one who sets an FBI investigation in motion...it won’t happen until we have another president.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
10. Not quite true. Grassly has called for an investigation into Julie's claims
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:09 PM
Oct 2018

Grassley thinks she is lying and that Avenatti is lying so he is saying bring it on. He wants it, because he know Kavanaugh will have to be deposed. Grassley stepped in it.

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
4. A Sessions-run DOJ isn't going to do anything with Grassley's criminal referral which
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 01:39 PM
Oct 2018

would risk exposing the truth about Kavanaugh. Avenatti's previous statement that Grassley made a huge mistake which is going to lead to Kavanaugh's downfall is wrong in that regard.


But I do like how Avenatti trolls Boofer Brett by using his old title "Judge" instead of "Justice."

mtngirl47

(989 posts)
9. Grassley has referred Avenatti and his client
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:08 PM
Oct 2018

to the Justice Dept for a criminal investigation...suggesting that she was lying about Kavanaugh.

Avenatti is telling them to bring it on.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/politics/grassley-avenatti-brett-kavanaugh.html

Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts)
12. Don't understand your post since Grassley is the one who started the ball rolling.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:22 PM
Oct 2018

Did you not know that?

NJCher

(35,685 posts)
14. I don't like your subject
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:47 PM
Oct 2018

It implies Avenatti is doing this just to score political points. In fact, it has to be said, it has to be asked for. Someone has to do it.



CrispyQ

(36,478 posts)
18. Oh good grief, not even close!
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 03:12 PM
Oct 2018

If you don't like the guy fine, & people have voiced legitimate reasons to not like him. But to say he's Trump in a better suit is just

kag

(4,079 posts)
20. I agree.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 03:34 PM
Oct 2018

Avenatti has his problems. And yes, he has a bit of an ego. But to compare him to a stupid, loutish, bigoted narcissist like Cheetoh...nope. Not even close.

And I'll second the .

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
22. No, he's just doing it to stay in the news. NONE of his "bombshells" have amounted to anything.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 03:43 PM
Oct 2018

And his "other client" re: Kavenaugh has refuted his words and ceased contact with him.

triron

(22,006 posts)
24. No, only Cohen being indicted and Trump shown to be a co-conspirator. That's all.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 03:54 PM
Oct 2018

I could go on but I won't.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
27. Which had everything to do with Robert Mueller and little to do with Avenatti.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 04:11 PM
Oct 2018

pretty much everything Cohen is in the shit about has nothing to do with Avenatti or Stormys case. 1 has been tossed, his appeal will be denied, the rest of it will face an equal demise.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
28. There seems to be a widespread belief that Avenatti was responsible
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 04:15 PM
Oct 2018

for Cohen being raided by the FBI and eventually charged with and pleading guilty to various federal crimes. This is not accurate. Cohen was under investigation by the feds ever since his name turned up in the Steele dossier, which was months before the Daniels case was filed.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
17. He's talking to Grassley
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:52 PM
Oct 2018

....who has done his best in the last few days to cast him as a Liar. Grassley is hoping this undercuts Dr Ford as well---ie. "All those women were lying." Just before the election. That's what Grassley is really thinking about---all those Kav supporters and those who are on the fence about believing Dr. Ford.

Makes the GOP look very confident about the credibility of Kav. Gives FOX its evening headlines. Their eyes are all on the Election.

Avenatti has no choice but fight back, even if it comes to no actual investigation. Silence would condemn him and Dr.Ford.

George II

(67,782 posts)
11. Grassley calling on an investigation of Avenatti and his client has opened up a HUGE can of worms...
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:21 PM
Oct 2018

...if it ever happens.

I hope that if the Democrats take over the House one of the first things they do is open an investigation on this entire Kavanaugh alleged rape situation.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
21. Avenatti trying to stay in the limelight. He's another emperor with no clothes.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 03:36 PM
Oct 2018

his involvement in the Kavanaugh case has already unraveled. His "other accuser" has already refuted his statements about her & ceased contact with him

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
32. What, so now Avenatti is the dupe? But he's so SHARP, how could that ever happen?
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 08:10 AM
Oct 2018

The woman is lying? NBC is lying? Where has the been discredited?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
26. This is refers to a woman whose statement Avenatti used to back up Swetnick's claims,
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 04:03 PM
Oct 2018

but there's definitely something odd going on.

He (Avenatti) sent a follow-up message (to NBC regarding discrepancies) moments later: "I just confirmed with her yet again that everything in the declaration is true and correct," Avenatti said. "She must have been confused by your question."

Roughly five minutes later, the woman sent a formally-worded text backing Avenatti. "Please understand that everything in the declaration is true and you should not contact me anymore regarding this issue," the text read.

But when reached by phone minutes later, the woman again insisted that she never saw Kavanaugh spike punch or act inappropriately toward women. She said she's "been consistent in what she's told Michael."

In a subsequent text on Oct. 5, she wrote, "I will definitely talk to you again and no longer Avenatti. I do not like that he twisted my words."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/new-questions-raised-about-avenatti-claims-regarding-kavanaugh-n924596

bucolic_frolic

(43,177 posts)
29. This is very very good
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 04:18 PM
Oct 2018

After a stolen Supreme Court seat, and a non-investigation of another, and hundreds of judges rammed through, we as a party should not let this go. Avenatti sees things 20/20, and I hope he continues to run with it.

KPN

(15,646 posts)
30. Pit bull! Yeah! We need people like
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 04:22 PM
Oct 2018

Avenatti who punch back, harder and with clear, common, unambiguous language and effect. I applaud Avenatti for calling Grassley’s bluff. The man has chutzpah. He is an asset to our cause.

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