Porn star Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti said Thursday that President Trump did not write the tweets on his Twitter page Thursday morning, and whichever lawyer did write it, is a “moron.”
“First of all, the president did not write either one of those tweets, I think it’s obvious,” Avenatti told CNN, referencing Trump’s string of tweets regarding his personal lawyer Michael Cohen and his payment to Daniels. “Secondly, whoever the attorney is that wrote those two tweets is an absolute moron, because now what he or she has done is create additional significant liability for the president.”
Stormy Daniels lawyer Michael Avenatti on President Trump’s Thursday morning tweets about his reimbursement of Michael Cohen: “Whoever the attorney is that wrote those two tweets is an absolute moron” https://t.co/TyHAazCfP4 pic.twitter.com/qSA5DjLQk1
— New Day (@NewDay) May 3, 2018
Avenatti did not describe what the additional liability would be for Trump regarding the tweets, but he did say they were also “unintelligible.”
Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
…very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in Arbitration for damages against Ms. Clifford (Daniels). The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair,……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
…despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. Prior to its violation by Ms. Clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
Daniels lawyer believes that Trump was lying on Air Force One when he told reporters that he was not aware of the $130,000 payment Cohen made to Clifford.