But hey, Stumbler, take heart.
Nancy's star chamber, the New York district attorney, and a bunch of other jurisdictions are hot on Trumps tail.

They'll get him!
Just you wait and see!
They're almost there!
You watch!
Trump is gonna give us his perp walk yet!
You betcha!

 

Michael Cohen's warning is coming back to haunt Republicans as Jan. 6 probe heats up

Amanda Marcotte, Salon
January 13, 2022



Michael Cohen (MSNBC)


In February 2019, Donald Trump's former lawyer — or, as Michael Cohen called himself, his "fixer" — testified in front of the House Oversight Committee, a mere two months after he was sentenced to prison for committing campaign finance crimes on Trump's behalf. The committee had recently come under Democratic control, but alas, Republicans were still allowed to sit on it, which meant that both Cohen and the nation were subject to a garbage truck's worth of bad faith grandstanding. The ringleaders of the disingenous theatrics were then-congressman Mark Meadows — who later went on to become Trump's chief of staff — and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who started with a failed effort to stop Cohen from testifying and moved on to highly performative accusations that Cohen was somehow lying about claims that any fool could see were obviously true, such as that Trump is a racist.

Cohen, who was clearly rattled by the operatics, nonetheless pulled himself together and issued a sobering warning to the Republicans who strive to cover up Trump's seemingly endless list of crimes.

"I'm responsible for your silliness because I did the same thing that you're doing now for 10 years," he said ruefully. "I protected Mr. Trump for 10 years."

He then offered this ominous warning: "The more people that follow Mr. Trump, as I did blindly, are going to suffer the same consequences that I'm suffering."

After he finished his testimony, he returned home to await his prison sentence. He eventually spent over a year in prison and another year and a half in home confinement.

A lot of what Cohen said that day was prophetic.

"I fear that if he loses the election in 2020," Cohen warned of Trump in his closing statement, "that there will never be a peaceful transition of power."

Sure enough, Trump reacted to losing to Joe Biden by launching a coup that ended in a violent insurrection on January 6. But despite the accuracy of Cohen's prediction, Republicans continue to refuse to take his warnings seriously. On the contrary, they are covering up for Trump's coup in exactly the way Cohen told them was dangerous to do. Indeed, two of the men who are sticking their necks out for Trump — Meadows and Jordan — were warned directly to their faces, but they are not taking heed.



Under implicit and probably explicit orders from Trump, Republicans who are believed to have information about Trump's actions on and before the Capitol insurrection are refusing to testify to the January 6 committee. So far, only Steve Bannon — a former White House advisor who mostly assisted Trump's anti-democratic efforts from outside of the White House — has met with legal consequences. He was indicted in November for refusing a subpoena. However, there's good reason to believe that similar criminal charges are coming for the rest of them. Just last month, Meadows was referred to the Department of Justice for contempt charges.

Now the committee is turning its eyes to sitting GOP congressmen.

Both Jordan and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California are refusing to testify to the January 6 committee. Notably, both have been bombastic in the past about how unafraid they are of testifying. In both July and October, Jordan bragged that he has "nothing to hide" and claimed he would be glad to testify. Whoops, I guess he actually has a lot to hide! And McCarthy has, of course, played the same game:

Flashback: May 20, 2021
Q: Would you be willing to testify about your conversation with Donald Trump on Jan. 6 if you were asked by an outside committee?
KEVIN McCARTHY: Sure.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 13, 2022
Unfortunately, the response from the committee, as is typical of anything congressional, is way too slow for our fast-moving world. So far, they have only told reporters that they will "consider" subpoenas — much less using the threat of criminal charges to enforce subpoenas — against members of Congress who refuse to cooperate. Still, the committee, as slow-moving as it is, has been far more courageous about pursuing its work than often-too-true stereotypes of cowardly Democrats would have predicted.



Trump's allies are, of course, hoping their power will protect them. And it very well might. The committee is being drowned in lawsuits, many of which are going through Trump-appointed judges who were largely chosen because they are reliable partisan hacks. So no one should get overly excited at the idea of these fools going to jail, as decades of work have gone into making sure that Republicans who commit crimes against the country are shielded from criminal exposure for doing so.

Still, never say never. Republicans protecting Trump now should just ask Cohen, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, or George Papadopoulos.



Certainly, the one thing none of these men should count on is Trump's loyalty.

As Cohen warned them, you can put it all on the line for Trump and he will hang you out to dry without a moment's hesitation. Just ask his former vice president, Mike Pence, who spent years being a shameless lapdog for Trump. His reward for all that loyalty was that Trump sicced a murderous mob on him on January 6. To this day, Trump has made excuses for the murderous intent towards Pence displayed by his followers. In November, he defended their chants of "hang Mike Pence" by saying "the people were very angry." Pence, for his part, seems to have learned from this that loyalty to Trump is repaid with a slap to the face. Recent reports suggest Pence's team — unlike Meadows, McCarthy, and Jordan — is cooperating with the January 6 committee.

Still, most of the rest of Republicans continue to labor under this delusion that helping Trump out will benefit them. And it's true that he will allow lackeys to experience power, so long as they stay loyal to him. But the price, as Cohen and Pence found out, is living under the mercurial rule of a man who feels he owes nothing to anybody. Remember Republicans, Trump will send you to prison or let a mob try to murder you if you are seen as failing him even in the slightest way. Sleep easy.

https://www.rawstory.com/michael-co...to-haunt-republicans-as-jan-6-probe-heats-up/

 

Judge allows Michael Avenatti to question Stormy Daniels' belief in the paranormal during his trial

Sky Palma
January 19, 2022



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Adult film star Stormy Daniels' belief in paranormal activity and her claim that she has "visions" could be mentioned at the trial of her former lawyer Michael Avenatti, Bloomberg reports.

Avenatti will go on trial for allegedly stealing the advance on Daniels 2018 memoir where she claimed to have had a sexual encounter with Donald Trump. The trial is set to begin Monday.



According to Bloomberg, Daniel's beliefs will be open for Avenatti to question while she's on the stand as a way for him to attack her credibility. However, the judge will not allow Avenatti to mention her past visits to therapists.

Prosecutors say Avenatti stole Daniels’s roughly $300,000 book advance while he was acting as her lawyer. As Bloomberg points out, he was separately convicted in 2020 of trying to extort Nike Inc for millions and sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison.



https://www.rawstory.com/judge-allo...tinized-by-michael-avenatti-during-his-trial/

 

‘Daddy, this needs to stop!’ Michael Cohen weighs in on Ivanka Trump’s failed Jan. 6 pleas

John Wright
January 20, 2022



Ivanka and Donald Trump (NASA)


Former President Donald Trump's one-time "fixer," attorney Michael Cohen, is calling on state and federal prosecutors — as well as Democrats in Congress — to speed up their investigations into his old boss.

Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday night, Cohen reacted to a letter from the House Select Committee investigating the Capitol insurrection to Ivanka Trump, in which congressional investigators detailed the former first daughter's efforts to get her father to call off his supporters on Jan. 6.

Asked by host Joy Reid whether Ivanka Trump had enough influence over her father to "talk him down," Cohen responded, "Absolutely not."

"People overestimate Ivanka's — we'll call it control — over Donald," he said. "Nobody has control over Donald, not even Donald himself, and so the notion that just Ivanka sitting there in the dining room off the Oval Office saying 'Daddy, daddy this needs to stop, somebody's going to get killed.' We already know this to be true."



Cohen added that the Select Committee has taken testimony from more than 300 people.

"We already know all this stuff," he said. "We have the text messages. We have the emails. You have the verbal depositions of these individuals. I understand the point about taking this investigation slow, making sure that it sticks, making sure that Donald and his cohorts don't get a chance to slip away, that it needs to be rock solid, but ... we'd like to see it move a tad bit faster."

Cohen also predicted that Ivanka Trump will refuse to testify before the committee.

"How many more people do we have to listen to when we already know?" he said. "We saw it with our own eyes, we heard it with our own ears. People died, they attacked the Capitol, they attacked the police officers. This was a coup. Anyone who doesn't think that it was a coup is a kook."

Cohen went on to say that he's more optimistic about investigations of his former boss by New York Attorney General Leticia James, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, and the Fulton County, Georgia prosecutor.

"It's my true belief that that's where we're going to finally see that no one is above the law, where we're going to see justice be had," he said. "We can all blame (Attorney General) Merrick Garland. This one is really on (President) Joe Biden, it's on (Vice President) Kamala Harris. They're the ones that need to be speaking to Merrick Garland and to really push this thing a little bit faster."

"I'm not for these expedited hearings, these expedited indictments, I'm all for methodical," Cohen added. "But again, we've now spoken to 300-plus people.

"They all have the goods," he said. "(Letitia) James has the goods on (the) Trumps, so does the (Manhattan) district attorney, so does the Georgia (prosecutor), and so does the federal government. And it's really time to start to act."

Watch below in two parts.





https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2656443028/

 

No honor among thieves, eh?
Avenatti and Stormy Daniels face off in court (yahoo.com)

A prosecutor has told a jury in an opening statement that California lawyer Michael Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels while a defense lawyer says it's not true. (Jan. 24)

 

Why the hell is this thread even still around ?

 

Why, Avenatti and Daniels keep up with the follies.
We need the comic relief.

 

Rudy Giuliani should be 'very worried' as evidence exposes him as coup 'mastermind': Former prosecutor

Matthew Chapman
January 25, 2022



Rudy Giuliani (Screen cap).


On Tuesday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," former federal prosecutor Shan Wu broke down the jeopardy facing Rudy Giuliani for his involvement in the plan to submit fake electors to Congress for former President Donald Trump.

"He should be very worried legally," said Wu. "He says that, quote, he wouldn't associate himself with anything false, and there he is doing exactly that. And these evidences coming out that he was in charge of this, his own representations of his role sounds like he is a mastermind, a key player. That's going to be a big problem for him here."

Wu then tried to play devil's advocate and imagine some defenses Giuliani could muster to defend himself against charges -- but he said charges may be coming nonetheless.

READ MORE: DOJ has moved beyond 'small fish' — and is 'working their way up' to the coup leaders: CNN legal analyst

"I mean, there may be some defenses down the road, claiming that some of these documents have some disclaimers on them," added Wu. "But overall, if the Department is looking at this and they charge, they are going to charge the whole kit and caboodle. And I would be very surprised if he is not charged, frankly, if this continues."

Watch below:



https://www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-2656478037/

 

I still can't believe that educated and experienced treasonous conservative/Republicans would be so stupid and ignorant (two different things) enough to listen to Rudy and commit forgery and fraud and send it to the government, The only thing that can explain it is having a shared psychosis with Traitor Trump and being totally detached from reality, But when the DOJ shows up reality comes to bear.


‘Bumbling consigliere’ Giuliani exposed dozens of seasoned GOP operatives to legal liability: report

Bob Brigham
January 26, 2022



Rudy Giuliani, photo by Gage Skidmore.

Rudy Giuliani served as Associate Attorney General and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York during the Reagan administration, but his legal maneuvering as part of Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election has reportedly exposed dozens of top Republican operatives to legal liability.

"As some would have it, former President Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 election was really no big deal," David Graham wrote for The Atlantic. "These defenses are weak—true, the election was not overturned, but that was in fact the goal—and they are getting weaker each day. As more information trickles out from the House January 6 panel, in court, and in press reports, one rattling revelation is just how many people were in on the coup attempt. The plotters might have been grasping at straws, and they might have been ragtag and disorganized, but they were not just a handful of fringe actors. They were a whole corps."

He noted that 59 phony electors were submitted on behalf of the Trump campaign. In Arizona, the fake document was signed by eleven people. Sixteen signed it in each Georgia and Michigan. Six were submitted from Nevada and another ten from Wisconsin. The number rises to 83 if provisional fake electors submitted by New Mexico (5) and Pennsylvania (20) are included.

READ: Trump DOJ investigation statement contains two key revelations: former FBI official

"Now, however, the phony electors have become a focus for the House January 6 committee, The Washington Post reports, and the Justice Department is also reviewing the scheme, a top official told CNN. Among the new revelations is just how closely Trump-campaign officials and the president’s loyal but bumbling consigliere Rudy Giuliani were enmeshed in the ploy," he wrote. "The new information is important because it once again underscores that the most dangerous parts of Trump’s election-fraud operation were not the ill-conceived riots but the legal machinations before and on January 6, what I’ve called the “paperwork coup.” Tying the fake electors to the Trump campaign and figures like Giuliani could help rectify the uncomfortable dynamic in which foot soldiers have been prosecuted while kingpins remain unscathed."

Multiple state attorneys general have submitted criminal referrals to the Department of Justice over the scheme, which Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said are being reviewed as part of "ongoing investigations."

"The renewed attention to the phony electors also helps fill in the picture of how large the election-theft push was. On the surface, the whole maneuver looks like the province of a few wild-eyed figures: Trump, Eastman, Giuliani, the attorneys Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell, Jeffrey Clark, and Mike Lindell. As more information emerges, though, the size of the front grows," he wrote. "A total of 83 phony electors were submitted—and most electors are deeply involved in party politics at the local or state level, meaning these were not simply random Republican voters but seasoned political activists and operators. The list of other participants in the broader effort has continued to grow too. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’s role was larger than initially understood. The public has met a series of other players: Philip Waldron, an Army veteran turned cybersecurity investigator; the businessman Russell Ramsland; the Overstock.com founder Patrick Byrne; the professional bad penny Bernard Kerik; and members of Congress such as Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania."

Read the full analysis.

https://www.rawstory.com/r-2656481160/

 

Stormy Daniels testifies at her ex-lawyer Michael Avenatti’s NYC fraud trial

New York Daily News
January 27, 2022



Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Daniels in the adult film industry, is interviewed alongside her former lawyer Michael Avenatti as she leaves Manhattan Federal Court on April 16, 2018, in New York. - Alec Tabak/New York Daily News/TNS
NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels was in Manhattan federal court Thursday to square off with Michael Avenatti, her former lawyer and onetime ally who the feds charge scammed her out of $300,000 as she made him famous. “He’s the gentleman standing up in the blue shirt,” Daniels said of Avenatti when she took the stand at 11:10 a.m., telling the jury he once defended her in lawsuits against former President Donald Trump. “I hired a new attorney because he stole from me and lied to me.” Daniels, clad in a maroon cardigan over a black dress with black heels, did not look at Avenatti as she made her way to...

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https://www.rawstory.com/stormy-dan...-ex-lawyer-michael-avenattis-nyc-fraud-trial/

 

Why the hell is this thread even still around ?

Cause we need the comic relief.
No honor among thieves, eh stumbler?

 

As if Avenatti acting as his own attorney wasn't enough to prove he was a fool of a client he had to out do even that.



Michael Avenatti's cross examination of Stormy Daniels hilariously blows up in his face

Brad Reed
January 28, 2022



Michael Avenatti (MSNBC)
Former Trump legal nemesis Michael Avenatti cross-examined his former star client on Friday -- and things went quickly off the rails.

Reuters reports that Avenatti spent significant time questioning Daniels about her beliefs in the paranormal, including her claimed ability to communicate with the dead.

"How do you speak with the dead?" Avenatti asked Daniels at one point.

"I don't know, it just happens sometimes," she replied, and then elaborated that "cards" and "meditation" sometimes help her talk with the deceased.

Reuters writes that Avenatti's questioning about Daniels's unorthodox beliefs in the occult were part of an effort to discredit her as a witness, although it's not clear what her purported paranormal abilities have to do with her allegations that he stole $300,000 from her.

READ MORE: 'Cuss-word angry' Wisconsin Republican mulls quitting party after rejecting Trump's election lies

According to ABC News legal analyst Dan Abrams, Avenatti also tried to corner undermine Daniels's complaints about his legal representation by citing past positive statements she'd made about his work.

"Didn't you tell the New York Times that watching me work was like watching the Sistine Chapel painted?" Avenatti asked her.

Daniels, however, was quick with a reply.

"That's that you told me to say," she shot back.

Avenatti became briefly famous during the Trump era when he represented Daniels after she claimed that Trump had paid her money just ahead of the 2016 presidential election to cover up their affair.

https://www.rawstory.com/michael-avenatti-2656503200/

 

And seriously you treasonous conservative/Republicans want to talk about Avenatti's fall from grace? You sure?

'Clear potential of a federal crime': CNN analyst says Jan. 6 panel is 'laser focused' on fake Trump electors

Matthew Chapman
January 28, 2022



Rudy Giuliani (screen shot)
On Friday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," former federal prosecutor Elie Honig outlined the implications of Congress pursuing the fake "alternate" electors Trump allies sought to submit to Congress from states that Joe Biden carried.

"Fourteen people tied to that subpoena," said anchor Erin Burnett. "They are obviously not going to get all 14 to cooperate and it is a long process, but do you think they will get a few? And is a few or a handful enough?"

"Yeah, Erin, there is so much here, and one thing we have seen this week is that the committee is really focused laser-like on these fake electoral certificates, and rightly so, because on one level, those certificates are evidence of a broader plot to overthrow this election," said Honig. "But also, more narrowly, in my view, those certificates are the cleanest example yet we've seen of a potential federal crime."

"Now, it is one thing to have talks, conversations," said Honig. "At some point, they cross a line into a criminal conspiracy. Where that line is perhaps is debatable. However, it is a federal crime to submit a false document to the federal government if your intent is corrupt, and I think there is a good argument that's the case here. Now, this strategy of subpoenaing these 14 individuals is very smart because if even just three, four, or five of them cooperate, they are going to all presumably be pointing to the same person who was the coordinator of this. We have reporting that it's Rudy Giuliani. If that's how it turns out, so be it, but that's crucial information for the committee to know."

Watch below:



https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2656504432/

 

Well, yes, at least in this thread we do.

When we want to talk about Nancy Antoinette's star chamber proceedings we go to that thread.

See how that works?

But see, so far no one has taken the time to point out what a supporter you were of Avenatti, even cheering him as a despicable presidential candidate.

Cause, you know, that might underscore how often your rants prove to be so very wrong.

 

I bet Stormy could get her money back and drop the charges if Avenatt would let her peg him on camera.

 

What would guys do without me keeping you informed.

The Top Six Craziest Moments From Stormy Daniels’ Testimony in Michael Avenatti’s Criminal Trial
By Sarah RumpfJan 28th, 2022, 5:56 pm
2000 comments



Photo by Tara Ziemba/Getty Images.

Michael Avenatti spent this lovely Friday afternoon trying to prove the old adage that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client, as he conducted a truly bonkers cross-examination of Stormy Daniels. Daniels is the adult film star (legal name: Stephanie Clifford) who infamously had an affair with former President Donald Trump and then wrote a tell-all book with all the salacious details.

That book is at the center of Avenatti’s latest legal headache, as he is facing criminal charges for allegedly defrauding Daniels out of $300,000 from her $800,000 book advance fee. (This is a separate and distinct criminal snafu from Avenatti’s conviction for attempting to extort Nike.)

Having fired his defense counsel after a spat earlier in the proceedings, Avenatti is now representing himself and naturally, that includes questioning witnesses.

Daniels testified in court for the first time Thursday, spending most of the day answering questions from prosecutors. Avenatti got his first crack at his former client just a few minutes before court concluded for the day, and resumed his cross-examination on Friday.

Here are the six wildest, wackiest, and just plain weird moments from Avenatti’s cross-examination of Daniels:

Don’t drop the soap

Avenatti asked Daniels about comments she had reportedly made about his criminal troubles on a podcast. This led to a whole line of questioning about the meaning of “don’t drop the soap,” and Daniels admitting that yes, she had said that she hoped Avenatti dropped something “over and over and over.”

https://www.mediaite.com/crime/the-...estimony-in-michael-avenattis-criminal-trial/

 

The Top Six Craziest Moments From Stormy Daniels’ Testimony in Michael Avenatti’s Criminal Trial
By Sarah RumpfJan 28th, 2022, 5:56 pm
2033 comments




Photo by Tara Ziemba/Getty Images.

Michael Avenatti spent this lovely Friday afternoon trying to prove the old adage that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client, as he conducted a truly bonkers cross-examination of Stormy Daniels. Daniels is the adult film star (legal name: Stephanie Clifford) who infamously had an affair with former President Donald Trump and then wrote a tell-all book with all the salacious details.

That book is at the center of Avenatti’s latest legal headache, as he is facing criminal charges for allegedly defrauding Daniels out of $300,000 from her $800,000 book advance fee. (This is a separate and distinct criminal snafu from Avenatti’s conviction for attempting to extort Nike.)

Having fired his defense counsel after a spat earlier in the proceedings, Avenatti is now representing himself and naturally, that includes questioning witnesses.

Daniels testified in court for the first time Thursday, spending most of the day answering questions from prosecutors. Avenatti got his first crack at his former client just a few minutes before court concluded for the day, and resumed his cross-examination on Friday.

Here are the six wildest, wackiest, and just plain weird moments from Avenatti’s cross-examination of Daniels:

Don’t drop the soap

Avenatti asked Daniels about comments she had reportedly made about his criminal troubles on a podcast. This led to a whole line of questioning about the meaning of “don’t drop the soap,” and Daniels admitting that yes, she had said that she hoped Avenatti dropped something “over and over and over.”


Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Replying to @KlasfeldReports
Yesterday, the government asked Daniels if she said she hoped Avenatti would be raped in prison. She acknowledged it. He asks her whether she remembers that. She says she does. Q: You know that millions of people follow your comments, do you not? A: (matter of factly) I do.
7:22 AM · Jan 28, 2022

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Replying to @KlasfeldReports
Avenatti asks Daniels about the meaning of the phrase "drop the soap." Q: To have anal sex in prison, right? A: I don't know. Avenatti asks whether Daniels said on a podcast that she hoped he dropped something "over and over and over." She agrees she did.
7:26 AM · Jan 28, 2022

The “alleged” television show

Avenatti asked Daniels about her TV series “Spooky Babes,” which has yet to air, in an attempt to discredit her. His description of the program as an “alleged television show” drew an objection from prosecutors and Daniels was visibly annoyed at Avenatti’s questioning about the contents of the program, including her comments about the visions and other paranormal experiences that are a part of the show.

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
·
Jan 28, 2022
Replying to @KlasfeldReports
Avenatti pivots to Stormy Daniels's paranormal series "Spooky Babes" by saying; "Let's talk about this alleged television show." Govt: Objection Judge: Sustained as to form

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Q: There has never been a single episode that has actually aired on television, am I correct about that? A: Correct.
7:34 AM · Jan 28, 2022

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
·
Jan 28, 2022
Replying to @KlasfeldReports
Avenatti pivots to Stormy Daniels's paranormal series "Spooky Babes" by saying; "Let's talk about this alleged television show." Govt: Objection Judge: Sustained as to form

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Q: There has never been a single episode that has actually aired on television, am I correct about that? A: Correct.
7:34 AM · Jan 28, 2022

“I see dead people” (and possibly possessed dolls)

Daniels herself has acknowledged that talking about how “I see dead people” could negatively impact her various legal cases.

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
·
Jan 28, 2022
Replying to @KlasfeldReports
Avenatti says that Daniels once "I should keep my mouth should because me going around saying 'I see dead people'" because those comments could negatively impact open court cases. Daniels: "Yes, I said that."

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Q: How do you speak with the dead? A: I don't know. It just happens sometimes. Asked how, Daniels replies: "Cards. Meditation." Q: And do the dead speak back to you? Do they communicate with you? A: Yes.
7:47 AM · Jan 28, 2022

Avenatti pressed her on this topic, asking multiple questions about how she communicated with the dead, and also about a “paranormal doll” named Susan.

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Replying to @KlasfeldReports
Avenatti pivots to the paranormal doll named Susan on "Spooky Babes." Q: According to you, Susan walks. A: I've never seen her walk. She adds that she's seen the doll in a different spot and didn't know how she got there.
7:51 AM · Jan 28, 2022


Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Replying to @KlasfeldReports
Avenatti asks of "Susan," the paranormal doll. Q: You heard her call you 'Mommy, mommy.' A: I don't know if it was her. We assumed. He asks her about tarot card readings. "Technically, oracle cards," she corrects. Q: You believe that you're a medium, correct? A: Correct.
7:52 AM · Jan 28, 2022

Susan has her own Instagram page, of course.

Avenatti asks a question he should’ve known better than to ask

Remember what we said about a lawyer who represents himself? Well, Avenatti got caught looking pretty foolish when he tried to fish a compliment about his legal work out of Daniels and she metaphorically slapped him upside the head with it.

“Didn’t you tell the New York Times that watching me work was like watching the Sistine Chapel painted?” asked Avenatti.

“That’s what you told me to say,” Daniels retorted.

Dan Abrams
@danabrams
Great line from cross exam by Michael Avenatti of his former client Stormy Daniels: "Avenatti: Didn't you tell the New York Times that watching me work was like watching the Sistine Chapel painted? Stormy Daniels: That's that you told me to say."
12:33 PM · Jan 28, 2022

Ouch.

“Did you learn who was fucking you over?”

The weirdness didn’t end when Avenatti concluded his cross-examination. Avenatti had asked her about a comment she had made that she thought “everyone” was “fucking [her] over,” and the prosecution followed up on that in a memorable sort of way.

The very first question on redirect: “That week, did you learn who was fucking you over?”

Avenatti objected to the question as “argumentative” and the prosecutor tried again with the far more anodyne, “That week, did you learn anything about your relationship with the defendant?”

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
·
Jan 28, 2022
Replying to @KlasfeldReports
That was less than the six-hour cross examination than Avenatti estimated, though it was more than four hours. Redirect begins.

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
AUSA starts off with Avenatti's q-s about Daniels believing "everyone" was fucking her over. Q: That week, did you learn who was fucking you over? Avenatti: Objection. Argumentative. Sustained. AUSA: That week, did you learn anything about your relationship with the defendant?
12:01 PM · Jan 28, 2022

“You’re nuts. You need to get on medication.”

At the end of Daniels’ testimony, the judge unsealed multiple letters, including one from Avenatti that sought to subpoena Daniels’ medical and psychological records. The letter lists multiple quotes reportedly said by Daniels, including comments that she worried she was “going insane” and that people were telling her “the stress of all the political stuff is getting to you, girl. You’re nuts. You need to get on medication” — plus a number of others that made it into Avenatti’s cross-examination of her.

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
New— Right after Stormy Daniels's testimony ended, Judge Furman unsealed a batch of letters from late last year. Avenatti wanted to subpoena her medical records for the purposes of cross-examination. The files are 41 pages long. Earlier: https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/live-trials-current/michael-avenatti-high-profile/michael-avenatti-grills-ex-client-stormy-daniels-in-court-about-their-contract-her-paranormal-beliefs-and-her-spooky-doll-named-susan/

12:46 PM · Jan 28, 2022

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Replying to @KlasfeldReports
These are some of the quotations that Avenatti's defense wanted to use against Stormy Daniels. Some of these were recognizable from Avenatti's cross-examination.


12:55 PM · Jan 28, 2022

Next week promises to bring still more notable moments, as Avenatti is weighing testifying in his own defense.

To avoid the completely absurd scene of asking the questions and then answering himself, the current plan is for Avenatti to submit the questions he would like to ask in writing, and they will be read aloud in court by one of the defense counsel he fired earlier (but who have remained in the courtroom to provide assistance).

Stay tuned to Mediaite and Law & Crime for all the latest updates in this very…unique…case.

https://www.mediaite.com/crime/the-...estimony-in-michael-avenattis-criminal-trial/

 

And to think, despicables were supporting Avenatti for President!

If the choice were Avenatti or biden today, wonder which they would want?

 

This is a strange one. I think it will be very interesting to find out why Rudy would not go along with Trump's attempt to use the military to seize voting machines. But turned right around and tried to get DHS to seize the voting machines. And maybe there is no reason other than just the dysfunctional level of insanity inside the White House as Trump attempted his coup.

'Nutters leading nutters': Legal experts aghast at the story of Giuliani stopping Trump's military election plot

Sarah K. Burris
February 01, 2022



Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump (Photo via Don Emmert/AFP)



The New York Times published a bombshell report Monday that exposed more of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overthrow the 2020 election. In one instance, the report says, Trump begged Rudy Giuliani to call the Department of Homeland Security and ask about having the military seize voting machines. His aides also penned multiple executive orders to enact the same.

As the news broke, legal experts were somewhat surprised, but the crux of the story about Trump's further attempt to overthrow the election was simply more of the same that experts have observed. What some did find shocking, however, was that it was Giuliani who told Trump a military takeover wouldn't fly. Giuliani isn't generally known to political or legal pundits as the prudent adviser among Trump's aides.

Former federal prosecutor Shanlon Wu argued that there were no good-faith efforts involved in these stories. It was all a rush to overturn the lawful and fair election results.

Shanlon Wu
@shanlonwu
Nobody involved in these plans had any good faith basis to be asking military, Homeland Security, DOJ to seize voting machines - they simply wanted to overturn a lawful election.

nytimes.com
Trump Had Role in Weighing Proposals to Seize Voting Machines
New accounts show that the former president was more directly involved than previously known in plans developed by outside advisers to use national security agencies to seek evidence of fraud.
9:36 PM · Jan 31, 2022

Another former federal prosecutor noted that the headline and description in the Times was misleading. The Times purports Trump was seeking "evidence of fraud," when the reality is that Trump knew there wasn't fraud and wanted to overturn the results.


Renato Mariotti
@renato_mariotti
·
Jan 31, 2022
This is important news, but at times its description of Trump's actions is misleading. Trump's move to have the federal government seize states' voting machines was an attempt to overturn the election, not to "seek evidence of fraud," as the headline states.

Maggie Haberman
@maggieNYT
NEW: Trump directed Giuliani to make the call to Cuccinelli asking about DHS seizing the voting machines, a more direct level of involvement than Trump has been known to have had previously in discussion of using the government in the election https://nytimes.com/2022/01/31/us/politics/trump-election-fraud.html

Renato Mariotti
@renato_mariotti
While the article correctly notes that Trump's claims of fraud were "baseless" and "unsuccessful," it was unprecedented for the President to order the federal government to take control of states' electoral machinery with the intent to reverse the outcome of the election.
8:52 PM · Jan 31, 2022


Renato Mariotti
@renato_mariotti
·
Jan 31, 2022
Replying to @renato_mariotti
While the article correctly notes that Trump's claims of fraud were "baseless" and "unsuccessful," it was unprecedented for the President to order the federal government to take control of states' electoral machinery with the intent to reverse the outcome of the election.

Renato Mariotti
@renato_mariotti
At times, the way this article describes what Trump did does not provide sufficient context to readers to make clear that what Trump did was unprecedented and would have been unlawful if others followed through on his directives.
8:52 PM · Jan 31, 2022

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-giuliani-election-overthrow-nutters/

 

Judges walk off in protest after Rudy Giuliani unmasked on 'The Masked Singer': report

John Wright
February 02, 2022



Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Photo by Marc Nozell from Merrimack,


Two judges reportedly walked off the stage in protest after Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani was unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant during a recent taping of Fox's The Masked Singer.

"Deadline hears that as soon as they saw Giuliani, judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke quickly left the stage in protest," the site reported Wednesday night. "Deadline hears that while Jeong and Thicke exited (they eventually returned), fellow judges Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger remained onstage. They bantered with Giuliani, a controversial figure for pressing what is widely derided as a baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client Donald Trump."

The incident occurred during last week's taping of the first episode of Season 7, according to Deadline. The episode isn't expected to air until next month, and the site declined to reveal "which costume Rudy wore or what his swan song was."

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"The show is known for its jaw-dropping surprises when celebrity contestants shed their headpieces after they are eliminated," Deadline reported. "The reaction to Giuliani was perhaps the most polarizing the show has seen since 2020. The Masked Singer faced criticism then when another controversial Republican politician, Sarah Palin, was unveiled as The Bear."

Read the full story.


https://www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-2656538440/