Stormy Daniels’ lawyer devastated Trump by going after his cover-up during an interview on MSNBC.
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Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti said on MSNBC’s The Beat With Ari Melber, “I have to believe that an adult in the room is going to raise his or her voice and say something along the lines of “Are you crazy”? It is very unlikely that they would be successful in such an and further, I think it would be a very sad day for our democracy, if you had a sitting president who would proceed with an action against a major television network in an effort to quash a story and prevent a citizen from speaking openly and freely about her version of events, but I want to go back to something you said moments ago. This isn’t about the left. It’s not about the right. It’s not about Obama versus Trump; it’s not about Gary Hart or Bill Clinton. It’s not about Anthony Weiner. The list goes on and on. This is about shooting straight with the American people. Shooting straight on the questions that I asked earlier. This isn’t complicated. It’s very simple. Has there been a cover-up here? Or has there not been a cover-up here? What are they hiding, and why have we not heard from the president as to these issues? Every time, Ari that the White House has asked about this, they deflect, and they say they’ve answered the questions. They’ve never answered the question.”
The cover-up is the crime
What Trump is afraid of has nothing to do with family values or morals. Everyone knows what Trump is, and no one is surprised by his infidelity. The criminal problem for Trump is the cover-up. The reason why calls are growing for an FBI investigation into the payoff isn’t that Trump had an affair with a porn star. It is that Trump broke the law when he tried to cover-up the affair before the election.
The Stormy Daniels scandal is morphing into a nightmare for the White House because it is becoming a free speech issue. If Trump tries to stop CBS from airing the interview, it is going to set off a new firestorm. The more Trump fights, the worse this story gets for him.
With Daniels’ lawyer asking about cover-ups, it seems like only a matter of time until law enforcement opens a new investigation into another Trump scandal.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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