Avenatti ‘Still Considering’ Bid For President In 2020 After Arrest

attends Politicon 2018 at Los Angeles Convention Center on October 20, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: Michael Avenatti speaks onstage at Politicon 2018 at Los Angeles Convention Center on October 20, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images)
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Despite his arrest over an alleged domestic violence incident Wednesday evening, attorney Michael Avenatti — who rose to prominence representing porn actress Stormy Daniels against President Trump — is “still considering” a 2020 bid for president, USA Today reported. 

“I’m still considering it,” Avenatti told USA Today. “I will not be intimidated. … The measure of a person is how they get up when they are knocked down.”

Avenatti has ardently defended himself against the allegation of domestic violence since he posted a $50,000 bail. On Thursday, he tweeted that he hadn’t been charged with anything related to the allegation and told reporters he had “never struck a woman” and never would.

Los Angeles Police have said the victim had visible injuries.

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  1. Could be a formidable GOP contender, if that record is accurate.

  2. The Avenatti arrest was total lies and politics attacking an enemy of Trump. Of course Avenatti has made plenty of political enemies already. This article describes the liar and corrupt prosecutor and how they set this up:
    https://thehill.com/homenews/news/416793-avenatti-arrested-over-alleged-domestic-violence-reports.

    At this point of the games, Avenatti is as a legitimate presidential candidate as anyone, considering the state of the nation and government - out of control totally.

    For those who’ve followed the story, Jacob Wohl has been implicated in this set-up, the same guy who filed the bankruptcy lawsuit against Avenatti that was thrown out. A story about this Wohl was also published yesterday in this regard.

  3. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    Go away, middling lawyer person. There remain adults in the room.

  4. If he hadn’t been charged with anything related to the allegation, what was he charged with that required $50,000 bail?

  5. Nope. We don’t need that kind of grandstander–we’ve already got one.
    Let him go back to driving Twiltler crazy. He does that very well.

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