{"id":2226273,"date":"2024-04-20T22:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T02:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-avenatti-says-hes-spoken-to-trumps-team-about-testifying-in-hush-money-trial-report\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T09:39:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T13:39:22","slug":"michael-avenatti-says-hes-spoken-to-trumps-team-about-testifying-in-hush-money-trial-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-avenatti-says-hes-spoken-to-trumps-team-about-testifying-in-hush-money-trial-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Avenatti states he has discussed testifying in the hush money trial with Trump&#8217;s team, according to a report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichael-avenatti-says-hes-spoken-to-trumps-team-about-testifying-in-hush-money-trial-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2226273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti, \u200bknown for representing\u200d adult film star Stormy \u2062Daniels, has reportedly been in discussions with Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\" title=\"9 Key Points from Trump Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\">legal team<\/a> \u2062about testifying in the ex-president&#8217;s New York trial. Avenatti shared this information in a recent report \u2064by the\u200b New York Post. Your revised\u2063 summary is clear and concise, effectively conveying the key \u200cinformation about Michael Avenatti&#8217;s discussions \u200dwith Donald\u200b Trump&#8217;s \u200dlegal team regarding testifying in the ex-president&#8217;s New York trial.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michael-avenatti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michael Avenatti<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-avenatti-sued-fox-news-over-a-minor-reporting-error-his-case-was-thrown-out\/\" title=\"Michael Avenatti Sued Fox News Over A Minor Reporting Error. His Case Was Thrown Out.\">disgraced attorney<\/a> who once represented adult film star <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stormy-daniels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Stormy Daniels<\/a>, said he has been in contact with <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s legal team about testifying in the former president\u2019s New York trial, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/20\/us-news\/michael-avenatti-says-hes-in-conversations-with-trump-legal-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a> from the <em>New York Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Avenatti is serving a 19-year sentence at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-moved-to-low-security-florida-prison\/\" title=\"Ghislaine Maxwell Moved To Low-Security Florida Prison\">low-security prison<\/a> in Los Angeles for various extortion, fraud, and embezzlement convictions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-murderer-led-2-million-pandemic-related-unemployment-scheme-in-california-prosecutors-say\/\" title=\"Convicted Murderer Led  Million Pandemic-Related Unemployment Scheme In California, Prosecutors Say\">including identity theft<\/a> and wire fraud for stealing from Daniels. He told the outlet from prison that he would be \u201cmore than happy to testify\u201d in the Trump trial and that he had been in touch with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee\u2019s legal team \u201cfor the better part of a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A grand jury voted to indict Trump on March 30, 2023. He stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to Daniels for the alleged affair they had in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Avenatti said he did not know what he would be called to testify, but doing so on Trump\u2019s behalf would mark a departure from his previous stance on the former president, which, in a 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/09\/13\/opinion\/michael-avenatti-trump-indictment-stormy-daniels.html?action=click&#038;module=Opinion&#038;pgtype=Homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>op-ed<\/a> for the<em> New York Times<\/em>, even included calling for him to be indicted. The lawyer, who has been disbarred in California since he was convicted, likened his situation to Trump\u2019s and called the charges he faces \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that we were both targeted by the justice system,\u201d Avenatti said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people on the left that were very concerned about my potential rise within the Democratic Party and my potential rise in Democratic politics. And the fact that I was not someone that was easily controlled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trial is less than a week in, and by Friday, all 12 jurors and six alternates had been sworn in. Trump\u2019s three other criminal trials have not started, and it is not clear when they will.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti, formerly known for representing Stormy Daniels, claimed contact with Donald Trump&#8217;s legal team regarding testifying in the ex-president&#8217;s New York trial, per a New York Post report. 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