Posted on 04/12/2018 7:05:00 PM PDT by ethom
President Trump’s longtime attorney Michael Cohen will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit, according to the adult-film star’s lawyer.
In an interview Thursday afternoon Michael Avenatti said his legal team had just found this out within the last hour or two.
JUST IN: Stormy Daniels' attorney @MichaelAvenatti says Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen will "plead the 5th amendment against self incrimination" and he "will seek an emergency stay" against the defamation lawsuit.
4:04 PM - Apr 12, 2018 4,544 3,216 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Just a few days after the FBI raids on Mr. Cohen’s offices, Mr. Avenatti said that “today we find out that it is his intention to plead the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination in response to any questions that I may pose to him in connection with our case.”
Mr. Avenatti added that Mr. Cohen’s attorneys “are going to ask for an emergency stay … we are going to oppose that.”
Mr. Avenatti called the information astounding and unbelievable, given how close Mr. Cohen, who’s been Mr. Trump’s lawyer for decades, is to the center of political power.
“Make no mistake about it. We’re talking about the attorney to the president of the United States of America — the man who knows where a lot of bodies are buried,” he said.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller sent agents to numerous offices associated with Mr. Cohen earlier this week, reportedly looking for, among other things, information on the $130,000 payoff Mr. Cohen gave Mr. Avenatti’s client, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
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Only an idiot would testify to anything after the DOJ raided your office.
i would have Alan Dersh work on having the whole search thing thrown out on constutitional grounds alone
Good heavens, no. I almost have to wonder if shutting up Cohen is what Mueller really had in mind.
“the man who knows where a lot of bodies are buried”
This seems a rather odd/poor/liar type choice of words for an attny to say.
The raid was a clear abuse of prosecutorial powers, at a minimum a prosecutorial overreach.
This has got to stop.
The witch hunt needs to stop.
And after it is stopped, its proponents need to be held to account.
Yep. Very well could be. He knew this stupid lawsuit was heating up...now only an idiot would testify with a criminal investigation on your ass.
The porn star attorney has confused Slick Willie, for President Trump, obviously.
Avenatti is a veteran Democrat lawyer
When you look at it that way, you realize someone may have done Cohen a huge favor by raiding his office. LOL.
A dollar says that after any kind of encounter with this Avenatti shyster, you’d feel an overwhelming need for a hot shower.
Nice house you have there mr A. Pity something should happen to it. Worse would be if you were home when it happened.
I don’t know if it’s true or not. I just want to know which FBI agent is going to be arrested for leaking it.
“I just want to know which FBI agent is going to be arrested for leaking it.”
lolol...that would be like a knife trying to cut itself. We have no controlling legal authority that’s not corrupt and loyal to the left.
“We have no controlling legal authority that’s not corrupt and loyal to the left.”
The emporer had eight long years to fill up every office with unscrupulous, partisan sycophants.
“Avenatti is a veteran Democrat lawyer”
And the cocky SOB is in CNN 10 times a day.
I’m sure that Mueller is giving privileged information and work product to the Stormy attorney.
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