Michael Avenatti is not doing this for money.

[Tavarious Jackson]

He is a long time brilliant political operative for the Democratic party. He is rich enough to not need t o do this. He is doing this for us, for democracy.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Avenatti

[KT2000]

1. I believe that to be true

The only way to rid ourselves of this repub corruption is through the courts. They have no shame.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. From his bio it looks like he hasn't worked on political campaigns

or political research since 1996, when he finished law school. But I do agree that he doesn't seem to be doing this for the money, as he seems to have done quite well in his career since then.

[exboyfil]

3. Is his client aware of this?

If not, then that is a problem.

[RandomAccess]

5. Aware of what?

Why is it a problem?

You can have more than 1 reason for doing something, you know.

[Tavarious Jackson]

6. On his website

He list he has worked for Rahm Emanuel, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

[Xipe Totec]

4. If he did it just to fuck up Trump on a personal vendetta, I'd still be grateful. nt

[Izzy Blue]

7. Stormy has raised quite a bit of money for her legal defense

Which is great news her and Avanetti and shows all the support they have.
I do believe that Avanetti would give it his all even without these funds being available,


Clifford (aka Daniels) v. Trump et al.

by Stephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels)
Civil Liberties
Lawyers: Avenatti & Associates, APC
Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels)
I am attempting to speak honestly and openly to the American people about my relationship with now President Donald Trump and the intimidation and tactics used against me.

16
days to go
$320,141
pledged by 9,957 people


https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stormy/

[Tatiana]

8. This feels more personal than political. He wants to take down Cohen and Trump.

The political aspect may simply be tangential.

[avebury]

9. There is no doubt that Avenatti is good at the public PR stuff BUT

I have my doubts about him. If you take 5 minutes to start googling him and reading about about his businesses, spending habits, uncertain tax issues and so on and I am no longer sure just what kind of a "white knight" he is for the Democrats and American people. He is good for being a thorn in Trump's and Cohen's sides but I dont' know if I would hire him.

[jberryhill]

10. Great. Then perhaps he will comply with the requirements for his child support proceeding

But as it stands, his wife has had to file a motion to compel:

https://unicourt.com/case/ca-ora-michael-avenatti-vs-lisa-storie-avenatti-830540

[Kingofalldems]

11. Nope. Not this time.

[Tavarious Jackson]

12. He's not running for office nt

[grantcart]

15. Hillarious. So because she files a motion he has to be guilty.

Theirs appears to be a very complex agreement in which she gets over $ 150k a month (including the mortgage on the house she is living).

Since her business is failing maybe she wants him to make up for her losses, who knows but shaming him because she simply filed a motion is another one of your attempts to smear him with out providing context

https://heavy.com/news/2018/03/michael-avenatti-worth-bankruptcy-divorce-taxes/

The superior court documents show that the couple, married since 2011, have a 3-year-old son Avenatti wants joint custody of. In the divorce papers, it’s noted that Avenatti’s monthly expenses run about $40,000 and his wife’s about $25,000. His include payments on a Ferrari Spyder and a Mercedes G Wagon, a private plane and pilot, and car racing, the latter two costs are not listed. For his wife, monthly expenses include tens of thousands of dollars for restaurants, shopping, entertainment, gifts, housekeepers, laundry and $12,000 for nannies for the couple’s young son. And they both spend several thousand dollars a month at MedSpa. The monthly payment for their Via Lido Nord, Newport Beach, home is $100,000 and a Los Angeles apartment is $14,000.

Lisa Storie-Avenatti said she has a luxury clothing business, Ikaria Resort Wear, that’s losing money. The Twitter account for the business, with just 18 followers, describes the line as “Elegant Sexy Resort Wear. Ikaria cover-ups are created with 100 percent imported silk, made with crystals from Swarovski and finished by hand.” Court documents state the business is losing money but it did show at New York Fashion Week or at least this tweet indicated it did.

[Amaryllis]

13. Wow. Worked on Biden's senate campaign. Wonder how he got hooked up with Stormy.

Very providential for us.

[R B Garr]

14. K&R

Love his focus. I heard a pundit saying he is one of the first to meet Trump on his own playing field, just a tenacious bulldog. I think he's going to get it done.