Ever since the story broke in March over President Donald Trump’s lawyer paying hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels, her hard-charging lawyer has been everywhere.
Michael Avenatti has fed stories to major publications, appeared in a near-constant loop on cable news, and blasted away at Trump on Twitter. His early training in opposition research (at Rahm Emmanuel’s firm) has been on incessant display as he has released explosive financial records casting Trump lawyer Michael Cohen in a bad light and has sued the president for defamation, landing his client on “60 Minutes” to talk about a 2006 sexual encounter that Trump still denies ever happened.