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appalachiablue

(41,103 posts)
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 03:15 PM Sep 2018

Avenatti Hits Back At Trump, Calls Him 'Habitual Liar and Complete Narcissist'

Source: The Hill

By Emily Birnbaum, 1 hr. ago.

Lawyer Michael Avenatti on Wednesday hit back at President Trump after the president accused him of making "false accusations" against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh."'False accusations?'" Avenatti tweeted in response to Trump's remarks earlier in the day. "Like those crimes your fixer [Michael] Cohen pled to? You are an habitual liar and complete narcissist who also is a disgrace as a president and an embarrassment to our nation."

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Avenatti's client Julie Swetnick went public on Wednesday with explosive accusations against Kavanaugh, claiming he was present when she was drugged and raped by a group of men at a high school party in the early 1980s. Swetnick, in a statement released by Avenatti, accused Kavanaugh of engaging in a pattern of "abusive and physically aggressive behavior" towards girls, including grinding and touching them without consent.

Kavanaugh denied Swetnick's accusations, calling them "from the Twilight Zone" and saying he doesn't know her. He has consistently denied sexual misconduct accusations from two other women -- Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez -- regarding incidents that allegedly occurred during the early 1980s. Trump in response to Avenatti publicizing Swetnick's claims blasted the lawyer as a "low-life" and "third rate."...More...



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Avenatti Hits Back At Trump, Calls Him 'Habitual Liar and Complete Narcissist' (Original Post) appalachiablue Sep 2018 OP
And a kleptocratic despot besides. sandensea Sep 2018 #1
Despotic, Tyrant like behavior I've never seen in the US. appalachiablue Sep 2018 #2
Either he's a liar OR an alcoholic (and/or sociopath.) elleng Sep 2018 #3
How about all three? Marie Marie Sep 2018 #8
Yes, they do. elleng Sep 2018 #9
DOTURD.. AZ8theist Sep 2018 #4
Avenatti has more integrity in his pinkie than Doturd has in his entire 300lb tub of stupid. AZ8theist Sep 2018 #5
We are sitting on a powderkeg Racerdog1 Sep 2018 #6
Only Trump is sitting on the powderkeg. It was made by Acme and delivered by a roadrunner. LanternWaste Sep 2018 #11
One thing about Mike Liberalagogo Sep 2018 #7
Avenatti's only mistake , he has to shorten his tweets up so he can stay focused enough duforsure Sep 2018 #10
It took a lot of chumming but Avenatti hooked a big fat one. SayItLoud Sep 2018 #12

sandensea

(21,604 posts)
1. And a kleptocratic despot besides.
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 03:25 PM
Sep 2018

Still and all I like to think this was meant to be, in the sense that we had to get a taste of what people in so many other countries have to put up with on an ongoing basis.

Makes us appreciate our democracy all the more, I hope.

appalachiablue

(41,103 posts)
2. Despotic, Tyrant like behavior I've never seen in the US.
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 03:35 PM
Sep 2018

Bordering on Banana Republic, Kangaroo Court stuff unless this ends. Agree, many Americans are clueless how other undemocratic nations operate- those 'other places.'

AZ8theist

(5,417 posts)
4. DOTURD..
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 03:45 PM
Sep 2018

Seems to have an affinity for "shithole countries". That's why, under Putins orders, he's turning the US into one.

AZ8theist

(5,417 posts)
5. Avenatti has more integrity in his pinkie than Doturd has in his entire 300lb tub of stupid.
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 03:48 PM
Sep 2018

The phrase:

"You are an habitual liar and complete narcissist who also is a disgrace as a president and an embarrassment to our nation."

...about sums it up. (only I would not have been so diplomatic in my assessment..)

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
11. Only Trump is sitting on the powderkeg. It was made by Acme and delivered by a roadrunner.
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 04:47 PM
Sep 2018

meep. meep.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
10. Avenatti's only mistake , he has to shorten his tweets up so he can stay focused enough
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 04:35 PM
Sep 2018

To understand them , and write them at his level , which according to his own staff it may be around the 4th or 5th grade level. Also remember he is the person who hired Rudy Ghouliani, which explains how little he knows about lawyers being good. trumps been having people look into stuff on Avenatti, and only if he had done that to kavanaugh instead. Now he's showing fear or he wouldn't have said anything. Avenatti will eat his lunch and laugh at him like everyone else is. Kavanaugh will lose his seat on the bench where he is at now after found he was involved and charges are filed soon against him and others. Promoting someone like this is closer to being called a low life , i think, then someone representing women who have been screwed over by a ego maniac , and evil person like him. I call him a hero, and trump is the lowlife.

SayItLoud

(1,701 posts)
12. It took a lot of chumming but Avenatti hooked a big fat one.
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 05:19 PM
Sep 2018

For months tRUMP has remained silent with regard to MA, today he gobbled the hook. Fight on.

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