Remember Michael Avenatti? Five years ago the media wouldn't let you forget him since from early 2018 until February 2019 the former lawyer for Stormy Daniels was a ubiquitous presence on the news to the extent of 254 television appearances during that time frame including 122 times on CNN and 108 times on MSNBC.
You would not expect Avenatti to appear nowadays on television due to being sentenced to prison for 14 years with Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution as his current abode. But none of that has dimmed his ego as a pundit and what he tweeted about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's possible indictment of Donald Trump (which has yet to happen) in a case involving his former client might have been considered newsworthy at one time.
Avenatti -- no longer touted as presidential timber -- thinks Alvin Bragg's case is weak to the point of hopeless. Yet despite a series of tweets posted since late January, the same news media that overhyped Avenatti in 2018 now almost complete ignores him probably because what he tweeted just does not fit the narrative they are now promoting.
The 2 biggest impediments to a conviction of Trump over the hush money payment are 1) Michael Cohen's 15 mos. of lies during 2017-18 when he called me a liar and claimed it was entirely his idea and Trump knew nothing and 2) his recent TV interviews for his own ego #pleaseshutup
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) January 31, 2023
That was just the start of Avenatti tossing cold water on the possible indictment of Trump by Bragg. A little over a week later came another red hot tweet by the former media darling.
Imagine if Berman, Cohen & Pomerantz, instead of holding onto critical info for years so they could get $$$ from book sales, had simply done the right thing for the rule of law and the country and disclosed what they knew, when they knew it. Now THAT would have shown true courage
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) February 9, 2023
Finally, on Saint Patrick's Day, Avenatti brought out his latest couple of tweets which were brutal to the prosecution hopes for Bragg's case.
Atty Joe Tacopina is no Rudy Giuliani/Sydney Powell. The guy knows his way around a criminal courtroom. He will destroy Michael "Dumb as a Box of Rocks" Cohen on the stand, esp. seeing as Cohen publicly lied for 15 mos. and now won't stop talking on TV. #terriblewitness
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 17, 2023
There are many critical facts and pieces of evidence (texts, emails, etc.) relating to the hush money scandal that have yet to see the light of day. And they will unfortunately be very damaging to the prosecution if Trump stands trial. At this point, you simply can't build a case…
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 17, 2023
Most likely you read here for the first time this analysis by Avenatti about what a weak case Bragg has. Why? Because the mainstream media which formerly couldn't hype Avenatti enough are now shunning him because his analysis acts as a buzzkill to their excitement over a possible Trump indictment.
