An appropriate ending to one of the strangest political through lines of the last year or two.
A federal jury in Manhattan has convicted attorney Michael Avenatti of trying to extort Nike.
Avenatti, the California lawyer who gained fame representing adult film star Stormy Daniels, was found guilty Friday afternoon of honest services wire fraud, extortion and transmitting a threat in an interstate communications charges.
He could face up to 42 years in prison.
There are other trials still awaiting him for defrauding multiple clients, including Stormy Daniels. It’s not clear if any of his clients will or can ever be made whole for the money he (allegedly) took from them. From Hero of the Resistance to possible Presidential candidate to convicted felon, it’s been a long and awful fall from grace.
Popehat must be amusedReport
Oh, he’s been trying and failing not to gloat. There were a lot of people who saw through him from the beginning.Report
Seriously, what resistance was this shyster a hero of? Some gibbering lefty idiots online and on twitter or something (anything?) more?Report
Well…
https://twitter.com/FreeBeacon/status/1228407419040157702Report
Thank you. The Resistance needs to quit looking for a Messiah, be it Mueller, Avenatti, Bernie, Schumer, Collins, Romney or whomever. The only way to stop Trump is to beat him in November and that means a lot of hard work, a lot of perseverance and a great deal of work.Report
Ah, media lefty fools. Gotcha. The idiot term Resistance should have tipped me off.Report