Thursday, May 30, 2019

Where is the media's explanation for Avenatti?

The media immediately salivated at the idea Avenatti could be the man to finally take down Trump and greatly increased his public profile.

ADVERTISEMENT. Despite book deals and major media oxygen, when the Daniels allegations failed to have an impact on the White House, Avenatti looked for another angle.

"The evidence appears to support the position that Julie Swetnick and Mr. Avenatti criminally conspired to make materially false statements to the Committee and obstruct the Committee's investigation. Accordingly, the Committee referred both to the Department of Justice and FBI for investigation," the report states.

"The Committee made a second criminal referral against Michael Avenatti to the Justice Department and FBI for investigation of potential violations of 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 1505, based upon the NBC story that evidenced that Mr. Avenatti may have fabricated allegations by a second declarant."

Fox News, a favorite target of the leftist media, was heavily criticized for scrutinizing Avenatti instead of jumping on the bandwagon to support his claims.

"There are lots and lots of reasons why Avenatti was newsworthy when he was representing Stormy Daniels. Journalists did their jobs and questioned him - some more effectively than others," Stelter wrote in his newsletter, comparing Avenatti to President Trump and accusing others of "Distorting" his comments about the lawyer.

"Some folks have been distorting my comment last September about Avenatti. My thesis back then, which still holds, is that all future U.S. presidents will be television stars of some sort. TV star power will be a prerequisite for the presidency. I told Avenatti 'one reason I'm taking you seriously as a contender is because of your presence on cable news,'" he continued.

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/445857-pavlich-where-is-the-medias-explanation-for-avenatti

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