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  • Historians Will Know This As ‘The Era Of The Witch Hunt’

    04/11/2019 2:26:26 PM PDT · by Liberty7732 · 8 replies
    There really is nothing new under the sun. The infamous Salem Witch Trials started with a group of young girls claiming they were doing bad things because they were possessed. They then said that it was witches who caused them to be possessed, naming them without providing any evidence. The “witches” were then summarily executed. Well, eight in total, over just a few months. According to History.com: “The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women...
  • Manhattan DA subpoenas Trump Organization over Stormy Daniels hush-money payments

    08/01/2019 11:16:35 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 15 replies
    NY Post ^ | August 01 2019 | Tamar Lapin
    The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Thursday subpoenaed the Trump Organization over hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the 2016 presidential elections. Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office picked up the probe just weeks after federal prosecutors announced they’d completed their investigation into the payments, made by former-Trump fixer Michael Cohen. “This is a political hit job,” Marc Mukasey, a lawyer for the organization, told The Post in an email.
  • Records detail frenetic effort to bury stories about Trump [#fakenews]

    07/18/2019 4:44:39 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 12 replies
    Associated Press ^ | July 18, 2019 | Jim Mustian
    Court records released Thursday show that President Donald Trump took part in a flurry of phone calls in the weeks before the 2016 election as his close aides and allies scrambled to pay porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair. The documents detailing calls and text messages were made public as federal prosecutors closed their investigation into the payoff — and a similar payment to Playboy model Karen McDougal — with no plans to charge anyone in the scandal beyond Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen. Federal prosecutors in New York said in a court...
  • FBI believed Trump was closely involved in hush-money scheme, unsealed documents show

    07/18/2019 11:05:59 AM PDT · by NKP_Vet · 77 replies
    https://www.msn.com ^ | July 18, 2019 | Tom Winter and Adam Edelman
    The FBI believed then-candidate Donald Trump was closely involved in a scheme to hide hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, who claimed an affair with Trump, court documents from the closed campaign finance case against former Trump-fixer Michael Cohen show. The documents, released Thursday, describe a "series of calls, text messages, and emails" between Cohen, Trump, Trump campaign aide Hope Hicks, Keith Davidson — an attorney for the woman, porn star Stormy Daniels — and David Pecker, an executive of the company that published the National Enquirer. "I have learned that in the days following the Access Hollywood...
  • Judge orders release of documents related to hush payments by Trump's ex-lawyer

    07/17/2019 10:57:23 AM PDT · by Monrose72 · 26 replies
    Reuters ^ | 07-17-19 | Brendan Pierson
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of documents relating to hush-money payments by Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to two women who said they had sexual encounters years ago with the U.S. president, declaring the matter of “national importance.” U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan ordered that the documents, used by federal prosecutors to obtain a search warrant for Cohen’s home and office last year, must be unsealed by 11 a.m. (1500 GMT) on Thursday. Cohen, 52, pleaded guilty in 2018 to directing payments of $130,000 to adult film star Stormy...
  • Michael Avenatti labels Alyssa Milano a 'disgusting hypocrite' after tweet about his November arrest

    06/17/2019 2:11:19 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 12 replies
    Fox News ^ | June 17, 2019 | Anna Hopkins
    Attorney Michael Avenatti blasted actress Alyssa Milano on Twitter Monday afternoon in response to a tweet she issued about his arrest for domestic violence last year. At the time, Milano wrote that the allegations against Avenatti were "totally disgusting" and that she was "disavowing" Stormy Daniels's former lawyer. Avenatti was arrested in November 2018 after an ex-girlfriend accused him of grabbing her by the wrist and throwing her out of his apartment. The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office announced in February that Avenatti would not be charged with a crime. For some reason, the lawyer chose to respond on Monday...
  • California state bar moves to suspend Avenatti's law license, <tr>

    06/03/2019 11:06:23 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 15 replies
    Fox News ^ | June 03 2019 | Gregg Re
    California state bar moves to suspend Avenatti's law license, saying he poses 'substantial threat of harm to clients or the public' The California State Bar, which oversees discipline for all California-licensed attorneys, issued a "consumer alert" Monday evening concerning Michael Avenatti, saying it was moving to suspend him from the practice of law because his alleged conduct "poses a substantial threat of harm to clients or the public." The sudden development further accentuated Avenatti's dramatic public fall from grace -- he was once celebrated in liberal media circles as a potential challenger to President Trump -- as he faces numerous...
  • Mad Maxine Unhinged – Calls on ‘Lowlife, Lying, Crooked, Tax Evader Porn Star Fornicator’ Trump

    05/29/2019 7:33:00 AM PDT · by Monrose72 · 70 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 29-05-19 | Cristina Laila
    Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) completely went off the rails Tuesday and called for Trump to resign in one of her craziest tirades yet. Waters, who is one of the most corrupt lawmakers in Congress, had the nerve to accuse Trump of being a “crooked liar.” “Low life Trump – lying, crooked, tax evader, porn star fornicator – should take his ridiculous self home, resign, and free us of what we will have to do to impeach him and throw him out of office!” Waters said Tuesday in a tweet.
  • The New Bad-Luck Curse in Politics

    05/28/2019 2:56:38 PM PDT · by Rummyfan · 12 replies
    NRO ^ | 28 May 2019 | Jim Geraghty
    Hailed and renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz took pictures of Chelsea Manning for Vogue in September 2017. Manning is back in jail after refusing to testify before a grand jury about Julian Assange. Leibovitz photographed Kirsten Gillibrand for Vogue in November 2017. Her presidential campaign has stumbled out of the gate and Gillibrand is at the tail end of a large pack of candidates; earlier this month the New York Times wrote that her campaign is “struggling.” Leibovitz photographed lawyer Michael Avenatti for Vogue, October 2018. Avenatti now faces charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, embezzlement, 36 additional financial-crime charges, including...
  • Michael Avenatti's bad day: Disgraced lawyer to face not 1, but 2 arraignments

    05/27/2019 4:15:23 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 24 replies
    Fox News ^ | May 27, 2019 | Samuel Chamberlain
    Embattled attorney Michael Avenatti will have a busy day in Manhattan federal court Tuesday -- but as a defendant, not as counsel. Avenatti, 49, is scheduled to be arraigned on charges that he tried to extort up to $25 million from athletic apparel giant Nike by threatening to expose claims that the shoemaker paid off high school basketball players to steer them to Nike-sponsored colleges. He also is scheduled to be arraigned on charges that he stole nearly $300,000 from adult film actress Stormy Daniels, the client who rocketed him to national prominence. In the Nike case, Avenatti is charged...
  • Mark Dice commentary on Avenatti

    05/23/2019 5:34:43 PM PDT · by thesligoduffyflynns · 4 replies
    YouTube ^ | today | Dice,Mark
    I ususally check in with Dice once a day... he's pretty funny but that's my opinion not yours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-rhXXChjDI
  • Trump critic Avenatti indicted for ripping off Stormy Daniels, extorting Nike

    05/22/2019 2:21:29 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 6 replies
    KFGO-FM ^ | May 22, 2019 | Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
    Michael Avenatti's legal troubles escalated on Wednesday as federal prosecutors announced new criminal charges accusing the lawyer and prominent critic of U.S. President Donald Trump of stealing from porn star Stormy Daniels and extorting Nike Inc. Prosecutors accused Avenatti, 48, of stealing about $300,000 from Daniels, about half of which has not been repaid, after helping his former client secure a book contract. They also said he has been indicted on previously announced charges that he tried to blackmail Nike out of more than $20 million by threatening to expose what he called the athletic wear company's improper payments to...
  • Michael Avenatti charged with ripping off Stormy Daniels

    05/22/2019 12:07:27 PM PDT · by RightGeek · 55 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 5/22/2019 | Caitlin Yilek
    Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Michael Avenatti on Wednesday with fraud and aggravated identity theft for allegedly taking money that was supposed to be paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. Avenatti is accused of misappropriating funds Daniels was supposed to get in a book deal while he represented Daniels in her legal battle against President Trump and his former longtime attorney Michael Cohen. Prosecutors alleged Avenatti used a fraudulent document to convince Daniel’s literary agent to divert money from the porn star to an account controlled by him, then spent the money on his own personal and business matters. The...
  • Attorney Michael Avenatti denies misappropriating funds meant for Stormy Daniels

    05/22/2019 11:21:47 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 16 replies
    Cox Media via WPXI ^ | May 22, 2019 | Theresa Seiger
    In a statement posted Wednesday to Twitter, attorney Michael Avenatti denied he misappropriated funds meant for his client, adult film star Stormy Daniels, in her suit against President Donald Trump. “No monies relating to Ms. Daniels were ever misappropriated or mishandled,” Avenatti said. “She received millions of dollars’ worth of legal services and we spent huge sums in expenses. She directly paid only $100.00 for all that she received. I look forward to a jury hearing the evidence.” The denial came after ABC News reported prosecutors in the Southern District of New York plan to file new charges against Avenatti...
  • Alan Dershowitz: CNN Chose Avenatti Over Me for Russia Probe Analysis

    04/22/2019 9:57:58 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 23 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | April 22, 2019 | P.J. Gladnick
    Compare the legal backgrounds of Harvard's Alan Dershowitz versus sleazy porn lawyer Michael Avenatti. Who has the more distinguished career? Yet CNN chose Avenatti over Dershowitz for the go-to person for legal analysis of the Trump-Russia collusion probe. Why? Well, despite Avenatti falling way short in legal background compared to Dershowitz what qualified him to be an almost daily guest on CNN for a long period last year was that he promised the imminent demise of the presidency of Donald Trump. Alan Dershowitz described to Howard Kurtz on Fox News' MediaBuzz on Sunday how CNN which characterizes itself as the...
  • Eric Holder: ‘Any Competent’ Prosecutor Could Win Obstruction Case Against Trump

    04/20/2019 4:58:42 AM PDT · by Sir Napsalot · 109 replies
    Breitbart - Politics ^ | 4-19-2019 | Joshua Caplan
    Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder claimed Friday that any “competent” prosecutor would be able to make a successful obstruction of justice case against President Trump based on the findings outlined in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. “ANY competent public corruption prosecutor would bring obstruction charges against Trump/and win. Only reason Mueller did not was because of the flawed DOJ [Justice Department] restriction against indicting a sitting President. He said so (below). Congress now has a constitutional responsibility,” Holder wrote on Twitter.
  • Michael Avenatti embezzled millions from paraplegic client, new indictment alleges (trunc.)

    04/11/2019 12:15:22 PM PDT · by libstripper · 45 replies
    NBC News ^ | April 11, 2019 | Tom Winter, Andrew Blankstein, Elisha, Fieldstadt, & AP
    Michael Avenatti, former attorney for Stormy Daniels, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California on 36 counts, including embezzling from a paraplegic, court documents released Thursday show. Avenatti, 48, faces charges of wire fraud, failure to collect and withhold payroll taxes, attempting to obstruct the IRS, failing to file tax returns, aggravated identity fraud, bank fraud and false testimony under oath during bankruptcy. The lawyer was arrested March 25 on some of the counts, but the 61-page indictment filed by a federal grand jury late Wednesday "significantly broadens the scope of the case," according to a statement...
  • Michael Avenatti charged with 36 counts: Embezzlement, fraud, cheating on taxes

    04/11/2019 8:49:12 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 47 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | April 11, 2019 | Brian Melley - AP
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorney Michael Avenatti has been charged in a 36-count federal indictment alleging he stole millions of dollars from clients, did not pay his taxes, committed bank fraud and lied in bankruptcy proceedings. Avenatti, 48, was indicted late Wednesday by a Southern California grand jury on a raft of additional charges following his arrest last month in New York on two related counts and for allegedly trying to shake down Nike for up to $25 million. The attorney best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Trump said Thursday on Twitter that he...
  • Feds to file new charges against Michael Avenatti

    04/11/2019 7:00:58 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 31 replies
    Federal prosecutors in California plan to level fresh charges against Michael Avenatti on Thursday, marking yet another legal blow for the controversial celebrity attorney known for representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The U.S. attorney’s office in the Central District of California scheduled a press briefing in conjunction with the IRS to “announce the filing of a 36-count indictment naming Michael Avenatti.”
  • House Dems: We Want Fox News To Answer For...

    04/06/2019 12:25:41 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 70 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | April 6, 2019 | Beth Bauman
    House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) last month sent a letter to former Fox News host Diana Falzone asking for her to provide documentation about the conservative cable network's decision not to run reports about Stormy Daniels' alleged affair with President Donald Trump. Although Falzone has a Nondisclosure Agreement (NDA) with Fox, her attorney said NDA's exclude government investigations.According to a report from The New Yorker, Falzone had specific details about Daniels' alleged affair with Trump and the amount he allegedly paid her to keep her quiet. “She had the amount, she had the corporate names that the original settlement was...