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HE’S BACK: Disgraced Former Lawyer Michael Avenatti Released From Prison and Moved to a Halfway House
thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Apr. 8, 2026 | Mike LaChance

Posted on 04/09/2026 6:33:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN

Michael Avenatti, the famous creepy porn lawyer, has been released from prison and is now living in a halfway house.

Someone needs to call Brian Stelter and the rest of the crew at CNN. They’re his biggest fans, after all. It’s kind of amazing that he hasn’t already been featured in an interview on the far left network.

It’s also stunning to think that before he was brought down by his own corruption, liberals on cable news were promoting this guy as a potential candidate for president.

Stormy Daniels’ disgraced ex-lawyer and anti-Trump superstar Michael Avenatti moved to halfway house

Disgraced Democratic lawyer Michael Avenatti has been moved from federal prison to a halfway house in California, according to Bureau of Prisons records, but remains in federal custody with a projected release date of September 2028.

Avenatti is best known for representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her failed 2018 defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump. Once a media darling with presidential ambitions, he was later convicted in multiple fraud cases and sentenced to years in federal prison.

An official with the Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Fox News Digital that Avenatti was transferred from the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Los Angeles to community confinement overseen by the BOP Long Beach Residential Reentry Management (RRM) Office. He has a projected release date of September 8, 2028.

In 2022, Avenatti was convicted and sentenced to 48 months in prison for stealing close to $300,000 in proceeds from Daniels. At the time of his sentencing, Avenatti was already serving a 30-month sentence for threatening to extort $25 million from Nike. Avenatti was also sentenced in December 2022 to 14 years in prison for stealing from four of his clients. One of those clients was a paraplegic.

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KEYWORDS: avenatti; california; creepypornlawyer
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Im sure the Trump hating media are already lining up to interview this guy so he can further trash President Trump

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1 posted on 04/09/2026 6:33:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

“Creepy porn lawyer”? Dang, I didn’t realize I had competition.


2 posted on 04/09/2026 6:36:58 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: V_TWIN

Well CNN is trying to get a more authentic look for its sets. They have Jake Tapper broadcasting from his office. Maybe they can get Avenatti to broadcast from his halfway house bedroom when they inevitably hire him as an expert.


3 posted on 04/09/2026 6:39:02 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: V_TWIN

Think he’ll try for a booty call with Stormy?


4 posted on 04/09/2026 6:42:22 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: V_TWIN

I’ll bet the sales of KY gel are way up.


5 posted on 04/09/2026 6:42:45 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Illegally "born in the U.S." doesn't make you an American. It makes you a thieving ANCHOR BABY. )
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To: V_TWIN

Just in time to run for Governor of CA!


6 posted on 04/09/2026 7:02:03 AM PDT by Jumpmaster (U.S. Army Paratrooper. I am the 0.001%.)
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To: V_TWIN

Nah. He’s a Trump fan now. Wants a pardon.


7 posted on 04/09/2026 7:05:45 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Jumpmaster
Just in time to run for Governor of CA!

He might win out there in Loony Land.

8 posted on 04/09/2026 7:07:25 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: V_TWIN

Basta!


9 posted on 04/09/2026 7:46:47 AM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: V_TWIN

Michael Avenatti: Suddenly his calls to the Democrats and their sycophants go unanswered. You are only lionized and useful to the left until you are not. Then you are a non person.


10 posted on 04/09/2026 8:20:07 AM PDT by allendale
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To: V_TWIN

Guaranteed that he will show up this weekend on the Sunday morning shows.


11 posted on 04/09/2026 8:24:58 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: V_TWIN

Avenatti: Ana Novaro of “The View” likened him to the Holy Spirit!


12 posted on 04/09/2026 8:35:03 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Hail to Pitt!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

https://grabien.com/story?id=342257
NAVARRO: “Lately to me you’re like the holy spirit. You’re all places at all times. Right — I mean, I do — I see you all over cable news, I see — you know, there’s a seat available if you want to be a co-host at ‘The View.’“


13 posted on 04/09/2026 8:41:54 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: Antihero101607
Think he’ll try for a booty call with Stormy?

Nah, he got 4 years for stealing $$$$$$$ from her. And with the other convictions, I don't see how he gets out so soon.

14 posted on 04/09/2026 9:11:08 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: V_TWIN

Time for an expensive looking new suit, a “Miss Me Yet?” Book Tour and a brand new lawsuit against the Prison System for ‘emotional trauma and abuse’, which will go nowhere, but provide him a steady wave of new publicity for a few months.

Former Trump lawyer Michael (turncoat/tool/fool) Cohen will be asked to accompany Avenatti during certain interviews.


15 posted on 04/09/2026 9:12:34 AM PDT by lee martell
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Can’t hear Avanatti’s name without thinking about the famous statement from Brian Stelter when he had him on his CNN Reliable Sources show....

In 2018, he told Michael Avenatti on-air, “Looking ahead to 2020, one of the reasons why I’m taking you seriously as a contender is because of your presence on cable news”.


16 posted on 04/09/2026 9:32:36 AM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: V_TWIN

He could been president. CNN wanted him bad.


17 posted on 04/09/2026 10:32:20 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Karliner

I remember that!

CNN: “oooh Mr. Pres- I mean Mr Avenetti... you’re SOOoo presidential! Tell us more about that evil Trump...”


18 posted on 04/09/2026 10:35:22 AM PDT by Mr. K (no i think 10%consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: V_TWIN

Hmmmmm. Now he’s the Dem front runner.


19 posted on 04/09/2026 11:37:51 AM PDT by Brilliant
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