Federal inmate Michael Avenatti has continued his Hail Mary bid to receive a pardon if nemesis Donald Trump becomes president again via Mediaite.
The former attorney for Stormy Daniels has been making the media rounds from a federal prison on Terminal Island in Southern California and he is currently serving 19 years on convictions for extortion, fraud, obstruction, and identity theft.
It has been noted that some of those charges stem from his theft of proceeds from a book by Daniels. The ex-lawyer became a cable news fixture during the Trump administration when he regularly blasted the former president.
On Wednesday, Fox News aired what was Avenatti’s second cable news interview this month. It was three weeks ago, the inmate spoke with MSNBC’s Ari Melber, and criticized the criminal charges Trump faces in New York, where the ex-president is on trial for falsifying business records. During an interview with Sean Hannity, Avenatti reiterated those criticisms.
“The case is grossly unfair,” Avenatti told Hannity. “And that’s gonna come as a surprise to a lot of people, but I strongly believe that. What is happening right now to President Trump – and let me be clear, I disagree with President Trump on 95% of the issues at a minimum. But one thing he and I agree on, and that is that the politicization of these cases, and this case in particular is gross, it’s uncalled for, and it’s flat-out wrong. This is an effort to the private millions of Americans of their choice for president.”
Avenatti stated that not even “serial killers [are] prosecuted at the same time in different cases. The timing is wrong. The case is wrong. And he’s not receiving due process.”
Hannity asked Avenatti why he is changing his tune about Trump – or at least, the investigations into him.
“Is it your experience that contributed to this?” the host asked. “Or is this the entire totality of what happened with you and your former client, the totality of what happened with Michael Cohen, the totality of what happened in your own life? Explain– it’s such a different Michael Avenatti to me. Can you explain that?”
“Well, I think it’s all of what you mentioned,” Avenatti replied. “I’ve learned a lot over the last five to six years, Sean. I’ve been a product of the system if you will. I’ve been ground through the system fighting three cases at one time. I’ve learned a lot about the media. I’ve learned a lot about what it’s like when the government comes for you, when you’re targeted.”
