Stormy Daniels and her attorney, Michael Avenatti, are not going away after her interview on 60 Minutes. For a guy who brags about “punching back harder” after being attacked, Donald Trump has shown unusual restraint in not going after the adult film star/director and her attorney. Perhaps that is because Donald Trump knows that Stormy Daniels kept the receipts. From The Hill:
According to Avenatti, there is a more information that did not make it into Daniels's “60 Minutes” interview.
“There is a lot of embarrassing information that has yet to come out,” Avenatti said.
“There is a mountain-load of evidence, and so perhaps that is why he is continuing to deny it," he added, referring to the president.
Avenatti says he thinks Trump is rightly scared.
"We didn’t think that he would stay silent this long and I think it's pretty clear – he is scared of my client and perhaps of me,” Avenatti said of Trump on MSNBC. “And he should be."
Meanwhile, Avenatti and Daniels aren’t only booking media interviews, they took the unusual step of asking a judge to allow them to depose Donald Trump and his attorney, Michael Cohen, in court. From CBS:
In a motion filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Daniels' attorney, Michael J. Avenatti, requested a deposition "of no greater than two hours" of the President. Avenatti also asked for a court order to depose the President's personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, who has said he made the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels with his own funds and without Mr. Trump's knowledge.
If successful, Avenatti's motion would require the President to explain, under oath, what he knew about the secrecy agreement and when. The testimony could potentially play a role in determining whether campaign finance laws were broken by the President, Mr. Cohen, or the Trump campaign.
On CBS This Morning, Michael Avenatti only took 44 seconds to make his case for deposing Donald Trump and Michael Cohen:
Avenatti went on to explain that the Supreme Court has already set the precedent for a sitting president to be deposed in civil court.
Avenatti and the Trump legal team head to court in only a few weeks.
According to the motion filed this morning, Ms. Daniels' team has scheduled a court hearing on April 30th at 10 a.m. Mr. Avenatti is requesting that depositions be conducted within 21 days of the judge's ruling and that a jury trial start within 90 days.
Stay tuned!