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Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented “Stormy Daniels” against Trump in the “hush money” trial, has termed the President’s prosecution in that very case as a “political persecution” and wants the guilty verdict vacated. During the trial, Avenatti received significant mainstream media attention and was very vocal against Trump.

Avenatti currently is serving a combined 19-year prison sentence. In 2020 and 2022, the 53-year-old was sentenced for defrauding his client Stephanie Clifford aka “Stormy Daniels” the proceeds of her memoir and attempting to extort Nike. 

He recently went public in an explosive statement about Trump’s “hush money” trial, demanding that the ruling that found Trump guilty be vacated. 

Trump’s legal team also wants the conviction overturned to spare the president “unconstitutional impediments” while fulfilling his presidential duties. Judge Juan Merchan scheduled the decision for November 19 – and Trump’s sentencing has since been suspended, but DA Alvin Bragg still is refusing to dismiss the case.  

“The hush money verdict should be promptly thrown out by Judge Merchan and the case immediately dismissed,” Avenatti wrote on X.

“It was always a political prosecution solely designed to keep President Trump from being elected, founded on the perjury of grifters Cohen & Daniels. 

“While the country moves forward, Cohen & Daniels can crawl back where they came from.”

Nonetheless, Daniels owes Trump in excess of $600,000 in legal fees from a 2018 defamation lawsuit that was eventually thrown out. MSNBC claims that Trump’s team is negotiating with Daniels to reduce the amount in exchange for confidentiality, an allegation that the president’s Communication Director Steven Cheung disputes.

Meanwhile, Avenatti has appealed for a shorter sentence in his fraud case, which the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, granted after ruling that the trial judge erred by not considering the services his clients received and the money he paid. 

The ruling vacated the 14-year sentence and sent the disgraced lawyer for resentencing which could result in a shorter sentence. 

Avenatti represented himself in court and pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and one count of a tax-related offense. The anti-Trump lawyer said he pleaded guilty to take accountability for his actions and spare his family from more embarrassment.

While true, his recent assessment of Trump’s “hush money” trial is suspect given the recently shifted political landscape in Trump’s favor and his inmate status. His admission is likely a ploy to earn a presidential pardon and a plum job in Trump’s Department of Justice.

Nonetheless, Trump’s landslide victory will see other charges against the President-elect vacated. For instance, Special Counsel Jack Smith and the team behind the election interference charge are already wrapping the case and planning to resign before Trump takes office.