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onenote

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21. Yes. 40 years.

Reply to triron (Reply #20)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 10:30 PM

Oct 2018

Avenatti can tweet till the cows come home, but he can't influence the investigation any more than Trump's tweets can influence the Mueller investigation. (If the target of an investigation could demand who gets interviewed or even to know who gets interviewed, don't you think lawyers for Trump, Manafort, Stone, etc etc would be obtaining that information every single day?)

I've read the letter that Grassley sent to DOJ, and its pretty unconvincing. I doubt DOJ will pursue this very far, if at all. I doubt they'll present anything to a grand jury. I doubt Grassley even wants them to. What he gets from it is putting into the record a letter that slams Avenatti and Swetnick with little risk that any real investigation will follow from it.

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Avenatti to Grassley: 'Let's start the investigation tonight' [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 OP

Grassley should've retired years ago. He screwed up with this. brush Oct 2018 #1

How did he screw up? onenote Oct 2018 #2

Pretty sure he would D00ver Oct 2018 #4

Pretty sure you're wrong. onenote Oct 2018 #12

You are correct D00ver Oct 2018 #18

And you don't think any of Avenatti's client's claims will be investigated... brush Oct 2018 #6

Probably D00ver Oct 2018 #7

I agree with your take on it. The whole story will come out if this proceeds... brush Oct 2018 #8

I think investigative reports that put Avenatti and Swetnick in a bad light will leak out. onenote Oct 2018 #13

Well if it's conducted like the Kavenaugh investigation was that might be true. brush Oct 2018 #14

I don't know why you get that feeling. I want it to be thorough. I just have my doubts that anything onenote Oct 2018 #15

Read my post again. I added that if we win the House there will likely be... brush Oct 2018 #16

No but he can go to the media and twitter with this. As he's doing now. Kaleva Oct 2018 #19

Avenatti (and Seth Abramson) thinks he screwed up. Are you a practicing attorney? triron Oct 2018 #20

Yes. 40 years. onenote Oct 2018 #21

Brilliant move Chucky! Remind millions of women why they need to VOTE! lagomorph777 Oct 2018 #17

Love Avenatti! OhZone Oct 2018 #3

A badly needed gift to Avenatti. libdem4life Oct 2018 #5

Love this dude. He's not afraid to punch or punch back harder. VOX Oct 2018 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Kingofalldems Oct 2018 #10

where is the investigation into kavanaugh for making false statements to congress? nt msongs Oct 2018 #11

Avenatti's problem is his own witness contradicted what she submitted to the Senate Alhena Oct 2018 #22