Michael Avenatti Sees Your Raggedy Ass Coming, Michael Cohen

And he does not have time for your shit!

On second thought, Michael Cohen would like to fold, please. He's tapping out. Crying UNCLE. Invoking the slaughter rule. Sorry guys, he hears his Mom calling him home for dinner.

Except Your Boyfriend Michael Avenatti has Michael Cohen pinned down and wants to keep kicking him in the dick. Because two-bit bagmen should really, REALLY not pick fights with superstar litigators.

Last week, Michael Cohen and Donald Trump told a federal court in California that they were going to do Stormy Daniels a big favor and forget all about that Hush Money Agreement she signed 11 days before the 2016 presidential election. She's free to tell the world about that time she bumped uglies with Donald Trump and spanked him with his own cover photo. They'll even throw in a promise to withdraw from the Arbitration Agreement. Whatever. 

All Stormy Daniels has to do is give back the money. The Post reports,

"Today Essential Consultants LLC and Michael Cohen have effectively put an end to the lawsuits filed against them by Stephanie Clifford aka Stormy Daniels," [his attorney Brent] Blakely said in an emailed statement. "The rescission of the Confidential Settlement Agreement will result in Ms. Clifford returning to Essential Consultants the $130,000 she received in consideration."

Okay, let's get this straight. Michael Cohen and Donald Trump want out of this case. Cohen is being devoured by legal fees, and Trump would rather read a whole stack of policy papers than be deposed by Michael Avenatti. On the other hand, Daniels has a book to sell and Avenatti wants to run for president. But instead of just walking away and denying their opponents the publicity they crave, Cohen and Trump are going to keep this shit alive over a measly $130,000? 

Because as long as Daniels refuses to return the money, this case lives on. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT DANIELS AND AVENATTI WANTED IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU PASTE-EATING DIPSHITS!

We still have the defamation cause of action or claim against Michael Cohen. We still have the defamation claim against Donald Trump. We have another claim against Michael Cohen relating to his conduct in conspiring with Keith Davidson to hide information and documents from my client. And furthermore, as it relates to the NDA, we want a judicial finding, a determination, that that NDA is not just null and void, but that it was an illegal contract that was proposed by Donald Trump in an effort to violate campaign finance law.

We put this finding of illegality that we sought in there for a reason. Because we boxed in Donald Trump. Because we knew that never in a million years would he be in a position where he could admit that. Because, were he to admit that, he would have a much bigger problem.

We're going to get an admission or a judicial finding by way of competent evidence that Donald Trump conspired with Michael Cohen to do this, to violate campaign finance law. And we're going to either get that by way of an admission, which I don't think we're going to get. Or by cross examination in a deposition, and ultimately a trial. And that is our goal, and it's been my goal for six months, and it's going to continue to be my goal.

Daniels and Avenatti don't want out of this lawsuit. They want to depose Trump and Cohen to expose them to further criminal liability for campaign finance violations. Avenatti wants to ask Trump under oath, "How many other women did you pay off during the campaign? And where did the money come from? And who directed the payments?" He never intended to take Cohen and Trump up on their offer to dismiss the cases, but they didn't have to giftwrap it for him in a $130,000 bow.

Here, have a Scribd of Daniels's response, courtesy of Law and Crime . Avenatti's not asking for much, just a public admission that the NDA was illegal because it violated campaign finance law and legal ethics, an on-the-record recision of the agreement, and attorney's fees. NBD!

 Stormy Daniels 9/10 filing by  on Scribd

Trump's lawyer Charles Harder has responded more rationally to Stormy Daniels's defamation suit over Trump's comments referring to her as a liar and a "con job". He's filed a SLAPP Motion , seeking to have the case dismissed before the discovery phase on grounds that Trump was just expressing his opinion. If he prevails, Trump might be able to get his attorney's fees reimbursed from Daniels. And he's just stupid and greedy enough to try it -- time to book Stormy and Michael on The View again! 

TL, DR? These assholes should never have sued Daniels in the first place. They kicked her career into high gear, made Michael Avenatti a superstar, and opened themselves up to deposition. Now they want out, but it's too late for that. As Avenatti told Lawrence O'Donnell,

We're not willing to accept that surrender under the terms that they want to offer.

WOMP WOMP.

[ CNN / WaPo ]

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