On Monday, news broke that attorney Michael Avenatti, who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuits targeting President Trump, was arrested for attempting to extort millions of dollars from Nike. Donald Trump Jr., who has also been a target of Avenatti’s frequent verbal vitriolic attacks, responded with a hilarious tweet and suggestion for Avenatti, asserting, “Good news for my friend @MichaelAvenatti, if you plead fast enough, you might just get to share a cell with Michael Cohen! #basta.”
Good news for my friend @MichaelAvenatti, if you plead fast enough, you might just get to share a cell with Michael Cohen! #basta
After a report surfaced last December that Trump Jr. had reportedly told friends that he was worried about being indicted, Avenatti gleefully tweeted, “.@DonaldJTrumpJr – this is what I predicted a long time ago as you know. I asked you to deny it but you never did. Is it true (asking for about 100 million friends)?”
.@DonaldJTrumpJr – this is what I predicted a long time ago as you know. I asked you to deny it but you never did. Is it true (asking for about 100 million friends)? https://t.co/MJt4uelDNl
The month before that, in November 2018, Avenatti, who had infamously attacked Justice Brett Kavanaugh for allegedly harassing women, protested against accusations that he had struck a woman after he was arrested for suspected felony domestic violence. He insisted:
