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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 09:28 AM Jun 2018

It sounds like Michael Avenatti found proof of Rudy Giuliani's porn habits

TRAVIS GETTYS
11 JUN 2018 AT 08:59 ET

Attorney Michael Avenatti apparently threatened to release embarrassing information about Rudy Giuliani if he didn’t apologize to former actress Stormy Daniels.

The attorney publicly solicited help finding proof of Giuliani’s pornography habits after the president’s legal adviser slut-shamed Daniels, and he tweeted a hint that the search turned up evidence of his hypocrisy.

“Mr. Giuliani: my client deserves an apology for your sexist, disgusting, comments about her and women in general,” Avenatti tweeted. “I strongly suggest you provide one. Are you really taking the position that you have not viewed porn in the last year? Ever hear of something called an IP address?…”




Avenatti made the public appeal for help digging into Giuliani’s personal life over the weekend, and he tweeted a hint Sunday afternoon that the search had proved fruitful.




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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/sounds-like-michael-avenatti-found-proof-rudy-giulianis-porn-habits/
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It sounds like Michael Avenatti found proof of Rudy Giuliani's porn habits (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP
Clearly you don't realize it's ok if a man has a porn habit. But, of course, it's not ok if a woman mucifer Jun 2018 #1
TrumpDumps keeps erecting these big, loud, defensive . . . sandcastles. empedocles Jun 2018 #9
That might explain this post... brooklynite Jun 2018 #2
Friday should be interesting PJMcK Jun 2018 #5
It's ok kcr Jun 2018 #3
Gay porn. PCIntern Jun 2018 #4
That means I think outside the box! lunatica Jun 2018 #21
Vacuum cleaner jmbar2 Jun 2018 #28
LOL! lunatica Jun 2018 #31
I am amazed, a republican lawyer that is also a hypocrite, who could of guessed? nolabels Jun 2018 #6
I completely agree with your assessment that Avenatti has found proof of Ghouliani's porn viewing... Pachamama Jun 2018 #7
Well we know he loves to dress up like a Madam. lunatica Jun 2018 #23
I'm sure PornHub and all the other sites know who is watching what... tinrobot Jun 2018 #8
They would never willingly give out that information. progressoid Jun 2018 #17
And they shouldn't lunatica Jun 2018 #25
This is a bluff, and bullshit. Orsino Jun 2018 #10
Time will tell. I disagree totally. But... LakeArenal Jun 2018 #19
Well so far he's batting 1000 lunatica Jun 2018 #24
Avenatti doesn't bother to bluff donkeypoofed Jun 2018 #33
He's bluffing now. n/t Orsino Jun 2018 #34
This is a horrible tactic by Avenatti, but delightful at the same time! I hope he releases the Doodley Jun 2018 #11
Why? He's protecting his client from a deliberate attempt to smear her lunatica Jun 2018 #26
Avanatti clearly takes no prisoners. I love him. CTyankee Jun 2018 #12
An IP address alone isn't going to do it. aikoaiko Jun 2018 #13
Yes. Because there will also be payment involved lunatica Jun 2018 #27
And where is the ISP employee who will connect that IP to some content... Orsino Jun 2018 #32
What is #Basta? Beaverhausen Jun 2018 #14
Italian for "enough" jayschool2013 Jun 2018 #18
thanks! Beaverhausen Jun 2018 #35
It means "enough!" lunatica Jun 2018 #29
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2018 #15
Avenatti True Blue American Jun 2018 #16
This is a perfect example of.... LakeArenal Jun 2018 #20
Yes. Go for the kneecaps and fight to win. lunatica Jun 2018 #30
And with that, overt kompromat is now normalized in US politics. Thanks, Trump. (n/t) FreepFryer Jun 2018 #22
The Root blog posted the same Avenatti/Giuliani porn story this morning FakeNoose Jun 2018 #36
Ask Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas kskiska Jun 2018 #37
May take a while for Avenatti to get media attention looks like. triron Jun 2018 #38

mucifer

(23,560 posts)
1. Clearly you don't realize it's ok if a man has a porn habit. But, of course, it's not ok if a woman
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 09:31 AM
Jun 2018

stars in a porn film.

Geeze don't you know anything?



But, seriously this drama isn't gonna help us at all. No one will care but people on our side.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
9. TrumpDumps keeps erecting these big, loud, defensive . . . sandcastles.
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 10:00 AM
Jun 2018

Wavelets, ripples, etc by Avenetti's, DeNiro's, celebrities, columnists, reporters of all sorts, blue wavers etc., keep eroding and offsetting, the specious, precarious foundations of trumps/republican defenses. These 'dramas', these efforts do help, as will Mueller's works, our knowledge, all do help across the board, . . . over time. Over the decades and centuries 'we' have made progress - working 1 day at a time. [Always some days will be worse than we wish - rueful soft, smile here].

PJMcK

(22,047 posts)
5. Friday should be interesting
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 09:44 AM
Jun 2018

That's when Manafort goes before Judge Wood to explain his attempts to influence witnesses.

kcr

(15,318 posts)
3. It's ok
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 09:38 AM
Jun 2018

They're already manufacturing the "Don't porn shame him! Our side is better than that!" defense. It will be released immediately upon leak of the evidence and enough people on our side will swallow it whole. They get away with it every time.

PCIntern

(25,576 posts)
4. Gay porn.
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 09:40 AM
Jun 2018

That’s my guess: but I tend to think outside the box.

Btw: CREMATION is for those who think outside the box.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
21. That means I think outside the box!
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 12:17 PM
Jun 2018

And so did all my family members!

I have a bit of a problem though. How do I dispose of my own remains and the rest of the family’s after I die? At this point it’s just a sort of philosophical question. I’m sure I’ll come up with the answer myself.

jmbar2

(4,905 posts)
28. Vacuum cleaner
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 12:38 PM
Jun 2018

Just pour them on the floor next to a vacuum cleaner with high resale/thrift store value. Some one will vacuum them, dump the contents and recycle the vac. Doesn't quite take care of you, but everyone else will be properly disposed of.

nolabels

(13,133 posts)
6. I am amazed, a republican lawyer that is also a hypocrite, who could of guessed?
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 09:46 AM
Jun 2018

Really just turning off the fake news that is actually all of this corporate media that covers the doings of all things trump (even if for a day or two) does wonders for the sanity.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
7. I completely agree with your assessment that Avenatti has found proof of Ghouliani's porn viewing...
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 09:51 AM
Jun 2018

....and maybe indeed Rudy has some very distinct tastes....

tinrobot

(10,914 posts)
8. I'm sure PornHub and all the other sites know who is watching what...
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 09:52 AM
Jun 2018

Giuliani probably has multiple credit cards on file.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
25. And they shouldn't
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 12:27 PM
Jun 2018

Watching porn is perfectly legal and only the watcher’s business. As long as children aren’t exposed to it.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
10. This is a bluff, and bullshit.
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 10:02 AM
Jun 2018

I'm just gonna bet that Avenatti's got nothing, and is pretending to have gotten info from an ISP that he could release. An IP address alleged to have belonged to or to have been leased by Giuliani would prove little or nothing.

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
33. Avenatti doesn't bother to bluff
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 01:59 PM
Jun 2018

It's not his reputation and he's never been known for it either. He's been 100% right so far ......

Doodley

(9,119 posts)
11. This is a horrible tactic by Avenatti, but delightful at the same time! I hope he releases the
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 10:43 AM
Jun 2018

information that he has.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
26. Why? He's protecting his client from a deliberate attempt to smear her
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 12:30 PM
Jun 2018

Trump would be served well if he had such a lawyer, instead of Rudy representing him.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
27. Yes. Because there will also be payment involved
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 12:36 PM
Jun 2018

showing Rudy’s credit cards. Pretty damning evidence.

It’s one of the ways they catch child porn groups and cyber attackers. Why else would the police take a persons computer when they raid their house.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
32. And where is the ISP employee who will connect that IP to some content...
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 01:40 PM
Jun 2018

...to payment by Giuliani and finally to surfing by Giuliani himself, risking that job in the process? And will the word of such an individual stick?

No, Avenatti's bullshitting us. We're supposed to cheer for him, but he can't prove his point and Giuliani will never be able to disprove it.

FakeNoose

(32,726 posts)
36. The Root blog posted the same Avenatti/Giuliani porn story this morning
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 05:41 PM
Jun 2018

I'm a regular reader of The Root, and sometimes there are some interesting comments posted there. Here's an interesting tip that was posted this morning:

Smoke and mirrors. None of this came innocently from social media. All of this is coming directly from the Intelligence Community who Trump made the stupid, fatal mistake of berating and belittling ON FOREIGN SOIL no less, soon after his inauguration...even referring to them as Nazis. Make no mistake, the Intelligence Community has the goods on EVERYONE in Trump’s orbit...EVERYONE. And they will absolutely destroy Trump for what he said and because he’s a threat to America’s reputation and to national security. These people see themselves as the last resort in case either party fails to uphold their duty.

They use subterfuge to release information because they can’t expose exactly how they gather information. But rest assured, Mueller, the cable and print media outlets and absolutely Michael Avenatti are all being fed rock-solid information.That’s why Avenatti speaks with 100% surety. This release of the most private information destroys his credibility and gets Guliani out of the picture. Since no law firm in Washington will represent THE PRESIDENT OF THE FUCKING UNITED STATES, he will be lacking legal counsel and will absolutely fuck himself up and over and then sideways.

One by one the I.C. is isolating Trump from everyone close to him, everyone he trusts. He doesn’t know what Cohen is saying or has said. He doesn’t know what Manafort has said. He doesn’t know what Flynn has said. Give it time, Trump is going to collapse like a house of cards.

I’m buying lots of popcorn


Link: https://www.theroot.com/stormy-daniels-lawyer-michael-avenatti-wanted-evidence-1826728077
"Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Michael Avenatti Wanted Evidence of Rudy Giuliani's Porn Habits. Looks Like He Found It."

In other words Avenatti could be getting tips straight from guys in the intelligence community (CIA or NSA most likely) because they can't leak the stuff themselves. They use guys like ol' Michael A for leaks. That makes sense considering how many direct hits he's been making on this Trump-Cohen-Giuliani-PornStar stuff.

For what it's worth, I hope they're right.





kskiska

(27,045 posts)
37. Ask Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 05:56 PM
Jun 2018

He loves his porn and always sides with the pornographers when necessary.
Then there was Mr. 999, Republican Party presidential candidate Herman Cain.

triron

(22,019 posts)
38. May take a while for Avenatti to get media attention looks like.
Mon Jun 11, 2018, 06:14 PM
Jun 2018

They are all hypnotized by this Historic Shit Show.

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