Good morning from Santa Ana, California, where Michael Avenatti is to be sentenced for stealing ...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Good morning from Santa Ana, California, where Michael Avenatti is to be sentenced for stealing millions of dollars from clients. Judge James Selna takes the bench at 9 a.m. Prosecutors are asking for nearly 18 years. Follow this thread for live updates from the courtroom. 🧵

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[Ocelot II]

1. Reprehensible scumbag.

And to think there was actually support for him running for president, on DU and elsewhere. He was the big hero, was regularly interviewed on the cable shows - Melber and O'Donnell thought he was the bee's knees for awhile - due to his representation of Stormy Daniels vs. TFG. He later stole almost $400K from Daniels and got four years for that. Lock him up.

[BlackSkimmer]

11. Oh, he had a lot of fans here.

I remember it well.

[Ocelot II]

15. Me, too, and I recall getting a ration of shit

for pointing out early on that Avenatti wasn't all that - it was pretty obvious that he was just in it for the publicity when a NY judge told him that he could either intervene in the Cohen case on behalf of his client's privacy interests or he could do TV interviews, but not both - and he chose to keep doing TV interviews instead of protecting his client's interests.

[BlackSkimmer]

16. Yep, me too.

Lots of fanboys and girls here. All very quiet now.

they know who they are. And so do we.

[MineralMan]

19. Oh, yeah. There were even some who wanted him to run for President.

Not a high point at DU. Not one bit.

[Ocelot II]

21. Avenatti himself announced he was considering it, summer of 2018.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/09/michael-avenatti-iowa-wing-ding-president-exploring-run-caucus-2020-stormy-daniels/935636002/

Many talking heads and media pundits were delighted because it was further evidence of Democrats In Disarray. Some DUers loved the idea of fighting the GOP's rude, disreputable, narcissistic asshole with a rude, disreputable, narcissistic asshole of our own. Fortunately Avenatti's manifold sins and wickednesses started to catch up with him at about that time, and we were at least spared that embarrassing spectacle.

[MineralMan]

24. All True.

It's always fun to watch folks declare that someone who gets some publicity on the news should "run for President."

It doesn't seem to matter whether such people are in any way qualified or suited for that job. A flash of popularity and there are people who clamor for the Presidency for the newly popular person.

Oprah? Avenatti? It's all silliness and interferes with the genuinely serious task of choosing a candidate.

By the same token, if a candidate, especially a female one, is in the least disliked by someone, people are quick to condemn that person's candidacy. We saw that with Hillary Clinton. I remember one person I knew who voted for Jill Stein. When I asked why, she said, "Well, I just don't like Hillary." Later on, I asked her how she liked Donald Trump. She made a face and refused to say anything at all.

Bizarre!

[Dorian Gray]

35. We are susceptible to

our own confirmation biases and cults of personality. Luckily this one was short lived.

[MineralMan]

41. Perhaps, but it's good to check those things from time to time.

At least, that's what I think.

[liberal_mama]

32. Certainly not me. I always got a bad vibe from him.

Reminded me of a weasel. Didn't he try to extort Nike or some other big company?

[Talitha]

23. "there was actually support for him running for president, on DU and elsewhere."

I remember his fanbase here. Admittedly, it was fun hearing him mouth-off about Dump, but that doesn't mean he'd make a good President. (Anymore than Walker's past would make him a good Senator.)

[Dorian Gray]

34. Ooof. Yep

He had a twitter following that believed he could do no wrong. And i remember posts here where people supported him saying we needed a fighter like him. He was willing to fight fire with fire re: trump.

I suppose if we're looking for an unrepentant asshole who has no shame, he's our guy.

Thank God support for him has been put to bed.

Now if only they'd do the same thing for the number one grifting asshole in america, I'd feel good about society.

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2. Is this new? Hasn't he been in jail serving time for quite a while?

[emulatorloo]

4. Here is what he is being sentenced for today:

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[Ocelot II]

5. Yes, he already got 4 years for stealing from Stormy Daniels

and 30 months for wire fraud.

[brush]

8. They got Avenati, tried him, jailed him and are taking another bite...

out to the apple, so to speak. But trump is still running free calling for the termination of the Constitution.

There's a massive imbalance in our justice system.

[Ocelot II]

9. Avenatti, who is also a rich white guy, is getting exactly what he deserves.

[brush]

17. No doubt. I'm sure you agree with the point about trump though, right?

[Ocelot II]

18. I think TFG will eventually get at least some of what's coming to him.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

3. I remember when overly credulous folks were suggesting that Avenatti would make a great president.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. I remember also,

I wonder where those DUer's are now?

[BlackSkimmer]

13. I remember them.

I bookmarked those threads. You won't see them comment here. Strangely quiet lol.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

7. I just watched some Netflix doc about some dumbass who tried to get Pepsi to give him a Harrier

Avenatti was his lawyer, and all the stupid shit we’ve seen with Stormy Daniel’s and Nike recently, he was doing with that stupid Pepsi case 25 years ago.

[BlackSkimmer]

10. I still remember those here who were cheering him to become our candidate.

Many of us pointed out what a con man he was, and we were attacked for it.

Oh, I remember his supporters here.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. Kinda makes one wonder where they're at now.

[BlackSkimmer]

14. Lol, they're here.

Just very quiet.

And notable by their absence.

[kcr]

20. They're probably quiet

because they don't want to deal with people who are strangely giddy over a Dem public figure who turned out to be a con artist. Maybe instead of gloating they should feel grateful for having ESP. Because I'm sure they will also be strangely quiet when one of their own heroes takes a fall, for the exact same reason.

[harumph]

22. And you'll never hear the end of "I told ya so!"

They appear to need it to feel better about themselves.

[Hekate]

26. Told ya so

Shortly after Avenatti rocketed to national prominence by taking on the Stormy Daniels case, the Los Angeles Times did an in-depth article on his career, since a lot of his career was in California. It was not pretty — he hurt his clients. Fast-forward: he hurt Stormy, who didn’t deserve that kind of treatment.

I shared the info here at the time because some people were going over the edge in their enthusiasm and really had no idea what kind of man he was.

So yeah. All of what Ocelot and Skimmer said above.

And for the record, I get no particular pleasure out of saying I told you so.

[BlackSkimmer]

28. Thank you.

Funny to see his supporters so quiet today.

[Ocelot II]

29. Told ya so.

I don't feel good about it; I'm just pissed off that (a) Avenatti is such an embarrassment to the legal profession, and (b) that so many people can be so easily taken in by the latest shiny object just because they were slinging shit at TFG.The enemy of my enemy is my friend only up to a point.

[BlackSkimmer]

25. ESP?

Really?

Recognizing a con artist requires ESP?

[Hekate]

27. My sixth sense told me to read a reputable newspaper

[Ocelot II]

30. And mine told me to make the reasonable inference that a lawyer

who decides he'd rather make TV appearances rather than protect the interests of his client is a publicity whore, a shyster, a phony and a grifter. I was not wrong.

[Dorian Gray]

36. If you have a healthy skepticism

of everybody and don't make idols out of popular figures, then this won't happen.

Seriously. There are many politicians I like, but I would never argue that they can't do wrong.

And Avenatti was an obvious big mouth and grifter from the start. Everything about him screamed slime-ball.

[BlackSkimmer]

31. He got 14;years.

Not such a good candidate for us lol.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

33. That's not all.

/3 Wow. I predicted a max of 15 total. Judge Selna, by making the sentence consecutive with the NY sentences, made the final sentence 20 years.

Or 17 years with good behavior.

This is big: Judge Selna says Avenatti's 168-month sentence (14 years) is to run consecutive with his New York sentences. A major, major win for prosecutors.
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[Dorian Gray]

37. OMG

I forgot about Popehat's online feud with Avenatti. He must be feeling so much satisfaction right now.

[BlackSkimmer]

38. Yikes.

Lol.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

39. Reminder:

Reminder:

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[FSogol]

40. LOL, Chris Cillizza!

[MineralMan]

42. LOL!

I remember.