ongoing legal battle against president trump. earlier today daniels filed a defamation suit against the president over a tweet in which he implied daniels was lying about being threatened to keep quiet about an alleged affair with trump. president trump wrote on twitter earlier this month this. quote, a sketch years later about a nonexistent man. a total con job. playing the fake news media. again, capitals here. for fools, but they know it. here is the sketch of the man daniels claims threatened her in a las vegas parking garage back in 2011. as you might imagine, it's become a whole sub meme on the web. earlier today, daniel's attorney, michael avenatti, laid out part of his client's case to our colleague, nicolle wallace. >> well he effectively accused my client of coning the american people, lying to the american people about the incident, about the sketch, about the man that approached her at the car door and basically accused her of committing a crime in that she's