Ep. 238 - Michael Avenatti
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
CNN
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2018
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Michael Avenatti, the high-profile attorney representing Stormy Daniels, joins David to chat about how the loss of his father’s job when he was a teenager fueled his own ambitions, his passion for racecar driving, the slew of hard-hitting legal cases he’s been involved in, and what he thinks the outcome of the Stormy Daniels case will be.
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| 0:00.0 | And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your |
| 0:12.5 | host, David Axelrod. |
| 0:17.2 | I'm sure that there came a time when the President of the United States was watching TV as he |
| 0:23.4 | does from time to time when he said to himself, who the hell is Michael Avanati? |
| 0:30.7 | And the whole country is kind of asking that same question because since March, this trial |
| 0:36.2 | lawyer from California has been a ubiquitous presence on our television screens as he presses |
| 0:44.3 | the case for Stormy Daniels, the porn star who alleges she had a relationship with Donald |
| 0:51.2 | Trump. |
| 0:53.0 | So I sat down last night with Michael Avanati in New York to ask him about his life, how |
| 1:00.2 | he got to this point, and where he thinks this story is going. |
| 1:07.6 | Michael Avanati, it's great to be with you. |
| 1:11.1 | I would have to say that you may be more overexposed at this point than your client, and she's |
| 1:19.5 | a porn star. |
| 1:21.2 | So I think I have to, and the whole country is asking, where the hell did this guy come |
| 1:27.3 | from? |
| 1:28.6 | Who is this guy? |
| 1:30.3 | So let's take some time and explore that story. |
| 1:35.1 | Well, I think there's no question I'm exposed. |
| 1:38.2 | I don't know that I'm overexposed yet, but I may be walking a very bridge over the top |
| 1:43.8 | right here. |
| 1:44.8 | Right here. |
| 1:45.8 | This could do it. |
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