Posted on 02/14/2020 12:00:39 PM PST by Daffynition
Michael Avenatti, a lawyer who gained fame by representing a porn star in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of trying to extort sportswear giant Nike.
The verdict was returned Friday by a Manhattan federal jury after it deliberated charges of attempted extortion and honest services fraud in what prosecutors say was an attempt by Avenatti to extort up to $25 million from Nike with threats to otherwise harm it. The charges carry a combined potential penalty of 42 years in prison.
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Some days, the Barr eats you.
Oh but, McCabe uses his “Get Out of Jail Free” card...
Absolutely! All the excitement of Yeb! and the moral compass of Joe Biden. If he were running in the Dem primaries he'd be challenging Bernie for the lead.
Best news of the day.
Remember when Avenatti was getting Michael Cohen indicted and the Stormy Daniels payments were going to bring down Trump?
Oops bye bye Avenatti.
Big picture folks.
I hear he is being held in the same jail where Jeffrey Epstein died /suicided. And in El Chappo’s old cell.
I think Trump should pardon Avenatti. On the last day of his second term.
I’m Waiting to hear from Donald J. Trump Jr. and how he feels about having to wait for 40 years to have Michael Avanti beat him up. HAHAHAHAHA
Where are his CNN buddies now?
Finally, someone deserving of prison is going to prison.
Unless he manages to get “community service”
He has another trial for other charges to look forward to.
“The temperature in his cell feels like it is in the mid-40s. He is forced to sleep with three blankets,” he wrote. “Not surprisingly, he has been having great difficulty functioning. He is not permitted to shave.”
He life style has changed abruptly. Boo hoo!
Michael Avenatti, a lawyer who gainedfameinfamy by representing a porn star in lawsuits against President Donald Trump...
Passing around the crying towels. :)
CNN’s porn lawyer be goin’ to the Big House!
Given where and why he's going, it could very well be a posthumous pardon.
Creepy porn lawyer no more, now just another creepy convict. I hope his cell mate is a man raper who has a thing for bald guys.
I always thought Avenatti was the most honest “expert” that CNN ever had...He had 121 appearances for CNN and 108 for MSNBC. Perhaps they could do a live feed from whatever prison he ends up in.. He adds credibility to both networks.
Ha-Ha, now he can do his CNN interviews in Prison.
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