{"id":25937,"date":"2020-02-16T11:38:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T16:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=25937"},"modified":"2020-02-15T23:57:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T04:57:27","slug":"michael-avenatti-as-my-friends-saw-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/16\/michael-avenatti-as-my-friends-saw-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Avenatti, as my friends saw him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some posts from my Facebook friends, many of whom have coastal elite jobs (e.g., university professor), regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Avenatti\">Michael Avenatti<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And, in case you missed it, Avenatti has released a sworn declaration from an eyewitness who knows both Dr. Blasey Ford, Julie Swetnick and Brett Kavanaugh, ready to testify to the sordid behavior Kavanaugh engaged in.<\/p><p>It\u2019s good that the GOP left time this week for the can of worms to crack open. Kavanaugh\u2019s freshman year roommate at Yale believes her (Debbie Ramirez). Meanwhile, Kavanaugh has taken to campaigning on Fox News (as one does?). Avenatti has a fourth victim. Dr. Ford is not alone: her courage allowed others to come forward. And since probabilities multiply, the chances of all of them being actors in a Democratic plot to torpedo this nominee are roughly zero.<\/p><p>Are Trump and his cronies sleazy thugs? Yep. Would Avenatti, a canny lawyer, make a baseless allegation? Not a chance.<\/p><p>I&#8217;m watching history being made &#8230; Not only did we all\u2014most of us\u2014hear the audio of a sobbing child who had been separated from her parents and relatives. Tonight, according to the tough-talking attorney, Michael Avenatti, I heard that some of those kids and parents were told that the kid was just going to be taken for a bath. The parent told her child it would be all right. Then the child didn&#8217;t see her parent again. Let&#8217;s hope that&#8217;s fake news. Resist!<\/p><p>Avenatti was not idly boasting when he said Trump would not serve out his term.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/26\/judge-kavanaugh-has-gone-from-generic-prep-school-douche-to-criminal-mastermind-in-two-weeks\/\">&#8220;Judge Kavanaugh has gone from generic prep school douche to criminal mastermind in two weeks?&#8221;<\/a> (note: I opposed Kavanaugh&#8217;s nomination and confirmation because he bragged about failing to hire clerks in a gender-neutral manner; he now has other <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/447576-ginsburg-credits-kavanaugh-for-helping-boost-number-of-female\">Supreme Court justices speaking in glowing terms about gender discrimination<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some posts from my Facebook friends, many of whom have coastal elite jobs (e.g., university professor), regarding Michael Avenatti: And, in case you missed it, Avenatti has released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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