This is a pretty tame Milkshake Ducking. So far.
The fact that it comes down to a publicity-hound attorney for a porn star to Save Democracy kinda implies we’re fucked anyway.
This shouldn’t be surprising to anyone. Avenetti is far too invested in being a media hound to be someone that makes thoughtful measured decisions. It was always inevitable that he’d pull something dumb.
Him telling an author to stop writing shit about about him isn’t really some terrible thing.
He’s threatening them with legal action. And also claiming an unsolicited contact is off the record.
It’s pretty stupid on a lot of levels.
Agreed, more people need to take a stand against rags like the Daily Caller. If it was against a reputable news organization I might be more inclined to think it’s “full on stupid.”
Threatening then with legal actions of they are committing libel isn’t really dumb, especially if it’s just bluster.
I don’t really see any suggestion that avenatti actually tried to claim that email was off the record, other than Hasson saying so… Which isn’t exactly the gold standard of credibility. Unless he’s talking about the boilerplate stuff at the bottom of the email, which likely goes on every email avenatti sends.
Look at the top.
Oh whatever, he just says of the record. It’s not like he’s actually trying to fight about him reporting it.
Avenetti is kind of like fighting Trump with Trump. It could backfire but it’s hard to dislike him, because his media hound aggro strategy is actually kind of de-normalizing the insane amount of corruption around Trump that we have just acclimated to. It’s not normal and people should be outraged.
It reminds me of playing a very loose poker player. You want to play loser than normal, but not as loose as them. Avenetti needs to reign it in enough to be credible, while still being substantially more outrageous than a normal lawyer.
FTFY5
Hmm…
They have a strange definition of “must”
He also must release his tax returns
Then he must vacate the office of the President. Any way necessary.
Interesting piece on Dershowitz here:
He’s always been a narcissistic, self-serving publicity hound. That’s how he can get over any revulsion of Trump… and OJ… and others.
Trump’s just-filed financial disclosure form acknowledges he reimbursed Cohen for the Stormy Daniels payment: