Michael Avenatti – attorney for adult film actress Stormy Daniels – has returned to take on Donald Trump, this time working to reunite families separated by the administration’s inhumane zero-tolerance immigration policy.
In an interview with Rachel Maddow on Monday, just after the MSNBC host showed the first video from inside one of the child detention centers, Avenatti said his time visiting families inside those camps has been among the most difficult of his career.
“I’ve dealt with a lot of emotion and drama in my legal career,” he said. “I’ve never seen anything quite like this.”
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Avenatti explained his new role in the immigration crisis:
I was contacted about seven to ten days ago by a family in California who had a mother who had been detained and had been separated from her child. And I agreed to enter the fight on her behalf. And once that became known, a number of other families contacted my office as well as some not for profits. And I presently represent over 60 mothers and over 70 children. … I spent a considerable amount of time last week, Rachel, down in Laredo and other detention centers meeting with mothers. The most difficult days of my career, perhaps of my life. Listening to mother after mother tell their stories of literally having their children ripped from their side in connection with this separation policy. This is a very serious matter. I’ve dealt with a lot of emotion and drama in my legal career. Rachel, I’ve never seen anything quite like this. It is tragic. … And the reason why they don’t want that to come to light is because it’s ugly. It’s really ugly. If you could accompany me to interview some of these mothers, and of course they won’t allow you in the facilities, they won’t allow any of the media in the facilities. … They won’t even allow to you sit — to be present while I interview one of these mothers. But if you had the ability to sit there while I interviewed these mothers and hear their stories, and if you had the ability to convey that to the American people, people would be even more outraged than they truly are. This is absolutely tragic.
Michael Avenatti is on a mission to hold Trump accountable
For the better part of a year, Michael Avenatti has fought to expose Donald Trump and his shady lawyer Michael Cohen for their potentially criminal behavior during the campaign.
He has largely been successful in his efforts by revealing key financial information that was previously unknown, like Russian money being funneled through the same Cohen firm that paid off Stormy Daniels in 2016.
With the crisis at the border causing widespread and appropriate outrage, Avenatti is again at the forefront, working to reunite families and finding new ways to hold the president accountable.
The Stormy Daniels-Michael Cohen lawsuit may have taken a backseat to other news in recent weeks, but Michael Avenatti continues to be a sharp thorn in Donald Trump’s side.
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.
