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Avenatti: "The first of many..." (Original Post)
triron
May 2018
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. I admire the way he manages to get credit for things he did not do
Cohen's dirty as all get out and certainly there are people who are going to turn on them. But it's as if the prosecutors and investigators who were on the Cohen trail for months are just bit players.
triron
(21,999 posts)2. He is getting credit for what?
rainin
(3,011 posts)3. What? This comment makes no sense. You've confused "reporting on" with "taking credit for."
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)4. I guess the "I promise" part struck me as not his promise to make
XRubicon
(2,212 posts)6. I think he is saying he knows more than is public
I may be wrong, but that is the way I took it.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)8. I believe he has contacts that most don't
He's also getting more info than most now that he's made himself the clearinghouse for oranganus corruption.
emulatorloo
(44,116 posts)9. Apparently he has sources who are feeding him information n/t
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)10. Hopefully not in law enforcement
It would be unfortunate if any prosecutor, law enforcement officer, or similar individual were compromising an investigation. That sort of thing can undo convictions.
TheRealNorth
(9,478 posts)5. The media eats it up
He's just playing the media the same way Trump does - and it appears to work.
Kingofalldems
(38,451 posts)7. Wow. Internet Trump lovers not liking this one.