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Michael Avenatti again: (Original Post) triron May 2018 OP
And it will be a ugly Wellstone ruled May 2018 #1
He was on Lawrence just now. BigmanPigman May 2018 #2
Thanks Bigman! Avenatti has a way of giving us insight into what Mueller knows. flibbitygiblets May 2018 #11
Who's feeding him all this stuff? Takket May 2018 #3
I think he is shaming MSM. triron May 2018 #5
Good question! BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #6
He is a lightning rod and depository for every single whistle blower out there. thankfully !! nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2018 #8
Trump and his crime family have thoroughly pissed off the FBI, CIA, Elwood P Dowd May 2018 #10
I concur ... IthinkThereforeIAM May 2018 #18
How do you make that out ? Take two of his breaking news pieces OnDoutside May 2018 #19
He has said he is cooperating with Mueller. Wonder how? triron May 2018 #7
Heilman thinks all the media attention Avenatti has garnered DeminPennswoods May 2018 #15
Yes, that makes a lot more sense than trying to insinuate that the Mueller Investigation is doing OnDoutside May 2018 #20
Fugly. gibraltar72 May 2018 #4
Trump naked could certainly fill that bill. Scurrilous May 2018 #9
I'm honestly a bit tired of this drip-drip-drip reporting Tarc May 2018 #12
He is doing this to bother the moron. BigmanPigman May 2018 #13
By doing it this way KT2000 May 2018 #14
People have short attention spans these days - how to keep focus on the ball ? Pluvious May 2018 #21
On MSNBC last night, DeminPennswoods May 2018 #16
"Russia bought back the shares it sold" OMG - republicans in bed with Super Sleazeballs Achilleaze May 2018 #17
But Trump will still be president lame54 May 2018 #22

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
2. He was on Lawrence just now.
Mon May 14, 2018, 10:45 PM
May 2018

He said the guy who was photographed in the elevator with Cohen during the transition will be getting nailed too. Lawrence asked when and all he would say was "soon, very soon".

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
11. Thanks Bigman! Avenatti has a way of giving us insight into what Mueller knows.
Tue May 15, 2018, 01:00 AM
May 2018

It's just a bonus that he enjoys dangling tRump like a worm on a hook.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
6. Good question!
Tue May 15, 2018, 12:04 AM
May 2018

He does seem to have an incredible amount of access, doesn't he? Either that, or his law firm investigative arm should hire itself out to NSA when they have free time, because they are incredible.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
10. Trump and his crime family have thoroughly pissed off the FBI, CIA,
Tue May 15, 2018, 12:31 AM
May 2018

NSA, and even all the foreign intelligence agencies we work with. There are probably more than enough willing leakers out there funneling him this stuff.

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,076 posts)
18. I concur ...
Tue May 15, 2018, 06:51 AM
May 2018

... you do not graduate with honors from a top private college/university without a few connections to others that are at the top of their careers and fields, too.



OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
19. How do you make that out ? Take two of his breaking news pieces
Tue May 15, 2018, 06:52 AM
May 2018

1 - The financial transactions. He got snippets. Wasn't the AT&T one $200,000, but turned out to be $600K

2 - The Qatari caught on CCTV at Trump Tower. That was available to all of us on CSPAN. And he tied that to what was disclosed in that other ongoing case that the Qatari is linked to.

It's great that he has come out with what he has, but it would be incorrect to suggest that he has "an incredible amount of access". That suggests what the RW are trying to do, ie tie him to Mueller.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
15. Heilman thinks all the media attention Avenatti has garnered
Tue May 15, 2018, 05:58 AM
May 2018

is leading to a "crowd sourced" investigation. That is, people who know something(s) are giving it to Avenatti and he is using that information to expose Trump and company's dirty laundry.

OnDoutside

(19,956 posts)
20. Yes, that makes a lot more sense than trying to insinuate that the Mueller Investigation is doing
Tue May 15, 2018, 06:54 AM
May 2018

something that they don't do ie leak.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
12. I'm honestly a bit tired of this drip-drip-drip reporting
Tue May 15, 2018, 01:11 AM
May 2018

If he has something of substance to say, then he should say it. Enough with the hints, the rumors and the promises.

I want to see concrete info on Trump's malfeasance, not a setup for another Fitzmas-like disappointment.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
13. He is doing this to bother the moron.
Tue May 15, 2018, 01:21 AM
May 2018

He's is playing Donny's game and he is winning. I hope he keeps trolling him...maybe he'll freak out and have a stroke or go completely insane.

KT2000

(20,577 posts)
14. By doing it this way
Tue May 15, 2018, 01:25 AM
May 2018

he is driving trump nuts and also causing the others involved in this mess to get really nervous about being found out. He is doing an excellent job of manipulating their psyches. I just hope Nunes becomes a target soon.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
16. On MSNBC last night,
Tue May 15, 2018, 06:07 AM
May 2018

there was a lawyer or law professor (Shugarman?) linking the Qataris to the Rosneft sale. He said a couple new, interesting things.

First, the share sale was 19.5% because anything at 20 or more runs into international reporting rules. Keeping the sale under 20% allows it to be relatively under the radar, much like US bank transactions being kept under $10,000 to avoid federal scrutiny.

Second, Russia bought back the shares it sold. This meant the apparent purpose of the original sale was to generate big commissions creating a pool of cash. It's possible some of that cash went directly to Trump or some was used to help out Kushner's real estate portfolio or other purposes.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
17. "Russia bought back the shares it sold" OMG - republicans in bed with Super Sleazeballs
Tue May 15, 2018, 06:14 AM
May 2018

in so many grifty-traitorous ways. But then again, the republicans are themselves Super Skeazey Sleazeballs. So it's kind of a satantic destiny that they slyther into the moneybuck bed together where they can f*ck each other and the planet.

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