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Stormy Daniels' lawyer questions dealings as companies defend Trump attorney payments
Reuters ^ | May 9, 2018 | by Staff

Posted on 05/09/2018 9:51:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

An attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels said on Wednesday he has more evidence of ties between a Russian oligarch sanctioned by the United States and a payment to U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and questioned other companies’ dealings with Cohen’s firm.

AT&T said it sought insights into the new administration from Cohen’s Essential Consultants LLC, but did not engage in lobbying.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) said it paid for accounting-related services, while Novartis cited healthcare consulting.

Novartis called its nearly $1.2 million payment to Cohen’s firm a mistake and said it had been contacted by the U.S. Special Counsel’s Office and was cooperating.

The White House referred questions to Trump’s outside lawyers. Trump attorney Jay Sekulow said the outside legal team has no comment on Avenatti’s allegations.

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KEYWORDS: avenatti; michaelcohen; stormy
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Below is from the bottom of the article. Reuters sent 10 "journalists" to investigate this matter.

Reporting by Susan Heavey, David Shepardson, Roberta Rampton and Sarah Lynch in Washington; Karen Freifeld, Nathan Layne and Catherine Koppel in New York; Ju-Min Park and Joyce Lee in Seoul; Editing by Dan Grebler

1 posted on 05/09/2018 9:51:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It must be nice to have the government raid your political opponent’s lawyer’s office and grab all his files and records and then hand them over to you.


2 posted on 05/09/2018 9:52:09 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom

All the earmarks of a Soros operation.


3 posted on 05/09/2018 9:54:08 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Out of curiosity, what does this have to do with the price of hookers?


4 posted on 05/09/2018 9:58:49 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: Col Frank Slade
All the earmarks of a Soros operation.

Yes, I'd like very much to know what sort of personal financial arrangements Mueller has going.

5 posted on 05/09/2018 9:59:28 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Excuse me the whore’s attorney is now the special counsel?

How can he justify this work fOr the DNC as being in Stormy’s interest.

How do you spell Conflict of Interest?


6 posted on 05/09/2018 10:02:35 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Stormy Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, detailed other transactions he said were “suspicious.”

Perhaps Avenatti has a direct line to the files the FBI obtained in the Cohen raids?

REMEMBER TRUMP’S TWEET? When he came to my office looking for campaign donations, what did Eric Schneiderman tell me about President Obama & Governor Cuomo?

As the story unfolds about creepo Schneiderman, we learn:
<><> businessman Trump (then a Democrat) was the go-to guy for Dems wanting campaign contributions:
<><>the money-hungry beggars squeal bigtime on their opponents, other pols, (their own sex lives), to get bigger donations.
<><> S/derman hit Donald up and got $12,500, a nice piece of change; musta been pretty good squealing.

Of course, Donald got his lawyer Cohen to cut the check and told Cohen why he was so generous to Schneiderman.


7 posted on 05/09/2018 10:02:45 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Desperation.


8 posted on 05/09/2018 10:03:35 AM PDT by grimalkin (You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible. - T. Sowell)
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Maybe the well-informed Avenatti has info on Schneiderman and Cuomo’s connection to NXIVM?

Just wondering. What does Avenatti know about this?

NEWS HEADLINE-—NYAG Eric Schneiderman suspended the NY investigation of the Nxivm international sex cult...
LINK TO TIMES UNION ARTICLE https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/993687358225768448


9 posted on 05/09/2018 10:04:03 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tweet stream on Avenattis’s background.

https://mobile.twitter.com/rising_serpent/status/992241369023365120


10 posted on 05/09/2018 10:05:09 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Liz

This attorney plainly is working for the DNC and jeopardizing his client in the process.

Now we’re criminalizing AT&T?


11 posted on 05/09/2018 10:06:40 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
p075

Lawyer willing to be paid in $1's.

12 posted on 05/09/2018 10:09:12 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I worry more about the American oligarchs.


13 posted on 05/09/2018 10:10:08 AM PDT by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: Williams

“Excuse me the whore’s attorney is now the special counsel?
How can he justify this work fOr the DNC as being in Stormy’s interest.
How do you spell Conflict of Interest?”

Exactly. How does the whore’s attorney get this information if not from the special counsel?


14 posted on 05/09/2018 10:10:36 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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Why does nobody refer to her by her given name?


15 posted on 05/09/2018 10:13:32 AM PDT by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Companies paying a Lawyer to Spy on the Trump Admin ,Hmmm


16 posted on 05/09/2018 10:14:27 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Steely Tom

Especially when the political opponent was a massive crook and there’s so much incredibly illegal stuff in the office.


17 posted on 05/09/2018 10:16:37 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: Parley Baer

Thousands of people have access to the Sars system.


18 posted on 05/09/2018 10:17:13 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Attorney + Stormy Daniels = Gold Diggers

2 sluts do not make 1 nice deal


19 posted on 05/09/2018 10:21:20 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: FreedomPoster

For those that don’t want to dirty themselves by going to twitter.

1. “Storm in a Double D cup” : Stormy Daniels has enraptured MSM who are giving her more coverage than a new British royal baby or even a Kardashian/West for that matter. What Trump did as a private citizen in a consensual relationship is of no interest to me.

2. Stormy is in it for the fame and money. But what about the lawyer who seems to have constant doomsday predictions about the Trump presidency? If all you are doing is representing your client why do you want the other party destroyed? My curiosity is piqued.

3. Michael Avenatti, Stormy’s lawyer is very interesting, while in college and law school, Avenatti worked at political opposition and media firm “The Research Group”, run by Rahm Emanuel, yes that Rahm. He’s worked on many campaigns including Joe Biden’s U.S. Senate campaign

4. After graduating law school, Avenatti worked at O’Melveny & Myers, a high-powered Los Angeles law firm. businessinsider.com/michael-avenat…

5. Avenatti has had a prominent anti-Trump career. After O’Melveny he moved to Greene Broillet & Wheeler, a law firm in California where Avenatti helped sue Trump for allegedly stealing the idea of his hit reality TV show on NBC, “The Apprentice.” cbsnews.com/news/suits-aga…

6. In 2007, Avenatti formed the now defunct law firm Eagan Avenatti, LLP. In April 2017, Avenatti prevailed against Kimberly-Clark Corp., spin-off Halyard Health Inc. and their lawyers from King & Spalding when he secured a $454 million fraud verdict

7. Just a month prior in March 2017, Eagan Avenatti LLP was plunged into Chapter 11 bankruptcy when an elusive Orlando creditor named Gerald Tobin filed an involuntary petition over a claim for payment worth less than $30,000. plainsite.org/dockets/34qj2x…

8. The firm’s primary dispute was not with the petitioning creditor “but with three former attorney employees” of the firm, the motion stated. The former employees and Eagan Avenatti disagreed about sunken costs and claims to settlements, according to the motion.

9. Earlier this year Bankruptcy Judge Catherine Bauer dismissed Chapter 11 proceeding ending the bankruptcy of defunct class action law firm Eagan Avenatti LLP after approving the deal between Eagan Avenatti and former partner Jason Frank, who left the firm with 2 other attorneys

10. Jason Frank, a former attorney at Eagan Avenatti claimed he was owed $14 million in profit share and origination bonuses under a contract he signed with the firm. The point being Eagan Avenatti must have suffered huge financial losses in this ordeal. law360.com/articles/915976

11. Gerald Tobin, the guy who was seeking a little less than $30,000 during the court proceedings against Eagan Avenatti appears to be a lawyer who represented Mark Gold in a case involving strippers who were allegedly drugging their customers. miaminewtimes.com/news/lawyer-wh…

12. Given murky nature of all of Avenatti’s proceedings, it is not exactly clear how much he is worth or has lost: This article states Avenatti filed for divorce from his wife, Lisa-Storie Avenatti in December 2017, after she kicked him out of their house. heavy.com/news/2018/03/m…

13. it’s noted that Avenatti’s monthly expenses run about $40,000 and his wife’s about $25,000. His include payments on a Ferrari Spyder and a Mercedes G Wagon, a private plane and pilot, and car racing.

14. His wife’s monthly expenses include tens of thousands of dollars for restaurants, shopping, entertainment, gifts and $12,000 for nannies for a son. They spend several thousand dollars a month at MedSpa.

15. Monthly payment for their Via Lido Nord Beach, home is $100,000 and a LA apartment is $14,000. Lisa Storie-Avenatti said she has a luxury clothing business, Ikaria Resort Wear, that’s losing money. And Eagan Avenatti was facing bankruptcy proceedings. twitter.com/IkariaRW/statu…

16. In 2013, “Grey’s Anatomy” star Patrick Dempsey sued Avenatti to get out of his role as “part owner and public face” of Tully’s Coffee Shops, the bankrupt Seattle-based chain that first opened in 1992, that Dempsey and Avenatti later acquired for $ 9 million.

17. Avenatti was to put up the all the capital to purchase and operate the company, Global Baristas, according to the deal. Instead, Avenatti borrowed $2 million, which he didn’t tell Dempsey, against the company’s assets, the actor claims.

18. Currently, Tully’s currently has less than 20 shops and Keurig owns the coffee brand, Keurig Tully’s Coffee Inc. Keurig itself is suing Avenatti and Global Baristas. Global Baristas & Avenatti Himself May Be Facing a $5 Million Tax Lien, IRS Documents Show. pic.twitter.com/qlkYvHlHV1

19. Remember Jason Frank, one of Avenatti’s partners who claimed he was owed several millions in payments? Well guess who represents him? Frank is represented by Sara L. Chenetz and Amir Gamliel of Perkins Coie LLP. Perkins Coie: the same Law firm that engaged Fusion GPS

20. FusionGPS did “opposition research” and hired Christopher Steele to produce the Trump-Russia Dossier. Just as Michael Avenatti himself when he worked a political opposition research and media firm run by Rahm Emanuel. avenatti.com/bio/


20 posted on 05/09/2018 10:24:02 AM PDT by Garvin (Always remember folks, kill a commie for mommy ~ Semper Fi, Mac!)
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