So welcome to this special edition of the beat with Ari Melburn get comfortable

for a big interview which is now just a couple moments away. We are reporting today

as Donald Trump's first criminal trial of course begins, begins Monday in the Hush Money case,

first ignited in 2018 by Stormy Daniels and her then lawyer, Michael Abenotti.

Tonight, Michael Abenotti breaks his silence with his first ever interview from prison about

this case and trial.

Now it was Daniel's NDA, of course, and Abenotti's aggressive legal pursuit of Trump and Michael Cohen, which

exposed those damning details of this plot to pay for Daniel's silence.

That is, remember, the original evidence

that led to the New York DA's investigation.

Avonati's approach to the dispute led

to this one legal nightmare that Donald Trump has avoided or delayed in nearly every other investigation

probe in case.

It has led now to this speedy criminal trial beginning Monday.

Daniels and Abenotti are at the center of the facts that

this DA used to indict former President Trump and now as Stormy Daniels

prepares to testify in this trial. We know that. On the other hand, Avonotti's story

over the past few years took a very different turn. The lawyer was convicted on crimes

and fraud related to representing Storm Daniels and other clients.

He was hit with a severe 19-year prison sentence in total.

He is now incarcerated in California's terminal island federal correctional institution.

So here's the deal tonight.

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