Michael Cohen‘s own attorney, Brent Blakely, asked a judge during a Friday hearing to delay the Stormy Daniels lawsuit because his client could be criminally indicted in a federal case in next 90 days and that proceeding with the Daniels case could jeopardize his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Michael Cohen lawyer Brent Blakely asking for delay in Stormy lawsuit against Cohen because, he said, Cohen could be indicted within 90 days. "That's what @MichaelAvenatti is saying," Blakely told court. The search warrant of Cohen property, Blakely said, references $130K payment
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 20, 2018
U.S. District Judge James Otero responded that he needs more time to review the request and that “there’s some gaping holes” in it, Reuters reported.
After the hearing, Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti buttered up the judge on Twitter and mentioned the “gaping holes” comment.
Very pleased with today’s hearing. Judge Otero was his normal self – smartest guy in the room, diligent, respectful. Took the matter under submission. I think he liked our arguments and we had the better presentation. We shall see. #searchforthetruth #basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 20, 2018
Always a bad sign when the judge tells you that your motion has “gaping holes in it,” as the judge told the attys for MC and DJT this AM. I don’t know why they continue to hide what they know about the FBI raids. Time to come clean and let the chips fall where they may. #basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 20, 2018
The judge did say, however, that the two sides are “almost like two ships passing in the night.”
Avenatti appeared on CNN’s “The Lead” with Jake Tapper later Friday afternoon and boldly predicted that President Donald Trump would end up resigning because of all of this.
“You said this week that you don’t think President Trump will serve out his entire term. Where does that come from? That is a pretty wild claim,” Tapper asked.
Avenatti responded that he hasn’t been wrong yet.
“Well, it is really not wild. My record thus far has been spot on. I don’t think I’ve been wrong about anything yet in the last five to six weeks,” he said. “Jake, there is a lot of evidence in this case, there is a lot of shoes yet to drop. Michael Cohen is not going to hold up.”
“Michael Cohen is going to flip on this president and he knows where the bodies are buried, or at least many of them,” he added. “I do not think that the president will last through the balance of his term. I just don’t. Now, we’ll find out if I’m right or wrong, but I think he’s going to ultimately resign the presidency.”
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