This is terrible. Porn star lawyer Michael Avenatti has announced he won’t seek the Democratic nomination to take on Trump. If he had won the Dem nomination, it would’ve been the most lopsided election in history because Trump would’ve absolutely destroyed him. Damn.
Via Politico:
“After months of meetings and speaking events designed to lay the groundwork for a possible presidential run, hard-charging Los Angeles attorney Michael Avenatti announced Tuesday he will not run in 2020.
Avenatti, best known for representing porn star Stormy Daniels, said the decision came after consultation with his family.
“I do not make this decision lightly — I make it out of respect for my family. But for their concerns, I would run,” Avenatti, a father of two teen-aged girls and a four-year-old son, said in a statement.
Avenatti’s decision to close the door on a 2020 bid, which he announced in a statement posted on Twitter, comes amid a crush of court hearings and legal proceedings that continue to dog him, including a domestic violence case in which he still might face a misdemeanor charge and an ongoing divorce from his second wife.
BREAKING: Law enforcement official: Michael Avenatti is in police custody in Los Angeles following domestic violence allegation.
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 14, 2018
Avenatti’s fortunes had taken a drastic turn for the worse since his November arrest on domestic violence allegations.
After traveling to more than 15 states to speak in front of Democratic groups, forming a PAC and launching his first digital political ad, Avenatti was forced to scale back his public activities after the domestic violence arrest, leading some of his most loyal allies to express doubts about his viability.
Last week, Daniels publicly questioned Avenatti’s credibility after complaining of a lack of transparency over a crowdsourced legal account.
She also alleged Avenatti had filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump against her wishes. Avenatti told POLITICO he had been fully transparent; on Sunday, Daniels reversed, saying she and Avenatti had patched things up.
Avenatti is a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations, like he did on me and like he is now doing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is just looking for attention and doesn’t want people to look at his past record and relationships – a total low-life!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2018
Avenatti told POLITICO on Friday that his recent round of challenges would have no bearing on the decision about his political future.
“The events of the last 2-3 weeks have had no impact on my plans or decision making process,” he said.
In fact, Avenatti predicted he would overcome the domestic violence case and would be even more appealing in a Democratic field that he believed was too weak to take on Trump.
“I think the field is shaping up to be even more advantageous for someone like me, not less,” Avenatti said. “I think my chances have only gone up, not gone down.””
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