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Stay freaking tuned.
dameatball
(7,400 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Verified account @MichaelAvenatti
"We look forward to pushing for answers this morning as to why Mr. Cohen is leaking illegally recorded conversations relating to my client. Also interetsed in why he will not release all of the recordings, especially those with Mr. Trump."
dameatball
(7,400 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,887 posts)Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)dflprincess
(28,086 posts)malaise
(269,211 posts)Get the pistachios!
bucolic_frolic
(43,353 posts)malaise
(269,211 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,538 posts)And winning?
malaise
(269,211 posts)scumbag took office, we've had to switch to nuts.
bigtree
(86,008 posts)...
lamp_shade
(14,846 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,492 posts)I hope he is referring to others.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)about all the repulsive sleaze the republicans have been fomenting
Lochloosa
(16,072 posts)jayschool2013
(2,313 posts)MontanaMama
(23,344 posts)and please don't make me watch any of them.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)to save us the pain......
MontanaMama
(23,344 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)......
MontanaMama
(23,344 posts)I miss him too.
Laffy Kat
(16,388 posts)Peeking through the fingers covering my eyes.
JenniferJuniper
(4,515 posts)Like, now?
triron
(22,025 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,492 posts)Or as they say at Free Republic---This is HUGH!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)brooklynite
(94,780 posts)Source: The Hill
A federal judge on Wednesday told Michael Avenatti to stop his publicity tour if he wants to continue participating in court proceedings against Michael Cohen, President Trumps personal attorney, according to multiple reports.
Cohens attorneys have asked the federal district court to bar Avenatti from representing Stormy Daniels in the case. Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 to prevent her from going public about an alleged affair with Trump.
While Judge Kimba Wood did not rule on Cohens request, she did throw a sharp warning to Avenatti, who has become a fixture on cable news networks in recent months.
"I say publicity tour not in a derogatory sense. Youre entitled to publicity, I cant stop you unless youre participating in a matter before me, Wood said, according to New York Daily News reporter Stephen Brown.
Read more: http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/389900-judge-in-cohen-case-warns-avenatti-to-stop-publicity-tour
Kingofalldems
(38,492 posts)Sarcasm.
Must be tough though.
manor321
(3,344 posts)Can't see video from work. Does he mean video or audio tapes?
grantcart
(53,061 posts)This was known, first time they hit the courts
Duppers
(28,127 posts)FakeNoose
(32,791 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)congress will move to impeach him.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)would likely split the Republicans in Congress 50-50. Still, if McConnell and Ryan allow the votes, 50-50 is more than enough to convict - 47 Democrats and 2 Independents, plus 25 or 26 Republicans brings the vote totals into the 70s.
brooklynite
(94,780 posts)Senate conviction requires 67 votes.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)47 Democrats
+ 2 Independents
+ 25 Republicans
74 Votes
getagrip_already
(14,872 posts)that you would ever see 25 republican votes to convict. you won't even get the 19 needed to get to 67.
Hell, I can't even count 5 that are even close to flipping. And that includes Mccain, who will likely not return to vote at any time.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)if a "smoking gun" tape really did come out, I did not think Trump's support would completely collapse among republicans like it did with Nixon. I think with Fox News and Fake News on high alert, he would only lose about 50% of Republicans, which would mean 25 or 26 votes in the Senate.
Cosmocat
(14,575 posts)No matter WHAT evidence, you would be able to count on one hand of a lathe worker the number of Rs who would vote for impeachment in either chamber of congress ...
Renew Deal
(81,882 posts)Or tapes in the campaign?
Kingofalldems
(38,492 posts)Campaign tapes relating to Stormy.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Earlier in the hearing, Avenatti offered detail to his claim that Cohen leaked privileged communications about Daniels to the press.
Avenatti said a member of the press asked him a week ago to comment on an audio recording between Cohen and Keith Davidson, a former lawyer for Daniels.
...
From what I was told theres other recordings, Avenatti said, adding that he wants such information protected.
We dont want to provide it to the press, he continued.
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Avenatti wants tapes of conversations between Cohen and Trump released.
Avenatti does NOT want tapes of conversations between Cohen and Daniels' then-lawyer Davidson released.
ooky
(8,930 posts)Avenatti on TV right now saying Cohen was making tapes.
Expect Hannity to be leading the chorus by tonight to suppress the tapes.
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)Puzzler
(2,505 posts)-Puzzler
volstork
(5,403 posts)like the Tom Arnold "tapes"
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)Was he hiding them? What's keeping them from being destroyed?
triron
(22,025 posts)getagrip_already
(14,872 posts)avanti was saying that cohen is releasing excerpts from tapes turned over by the fbi to all parties. As the special judge reviews the content, anything approved for trial is being turned over to the fbi and all parties.
Or at least that's what I remember.
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)Thanks for that!
meadowlander
(4,406 posts)The FBI seized them in the raid but couldn't look at them until the special master determined that they weren't covered by attorney client privilege. The special master released over a million items yesterday and then (total coincidence I'm sure) Michael Avenatti says there are tapes of Trump's conversations...
Like it says in the article, he knows about it because it was discussed in court today at Michael Cohen's hearing.
Cosmocat
(14,575 posts)99% this is it ...
llmart
(15,556 posts)"whee doggies".
This is starting to get good.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,572 posts)I'm pretty sure most people here are on the edges of their seats for this excellent news! I doubt that retuning will be necessary.
Unrepentant Fenian
(1,078 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)has taped so many people and eavesdropped electronically on people at his golf resorts. He's beneath being a slug. Imagine the chicanery he has been involved w w all that money and rich boy behaviors.
Blue Owl
(50,523 posts)n/t