michael avenatti, who became famous overnight for representing stormy daniels and taking on trump and his lawyer michael cohen. avenatti serves in a political climate hungry for warriors against trump. when they go low, i say we hit harder. but avenatti ended the year saying he wouldn t run amidst a sexual violence allegation. how do you plead to the sole county of the allegation? michael cohen: guilty, your honor. your honor of lying to congress about trump tower moscow. number 6, a change in law enforcement as juries convict police officers of committing murder in the line of duty. there s no justification for shooting laquan mcdonald that night, not one shot, not the first shot, not the 16th shot. jason van dyke, guilty of second-degree murder. that s two officers convicted
defund sanctuary cities. number nine, trump attacking the rule of law. a stunning report out tonight says president trump was poised to order the criminal prosecutions of two of his biggest political adversaries. president trump ordered the firing of special counsel rort robert mueller back in june. legal experts say those moves would be illegal and trump s own white house counsel blocked them. number eight, the rise and fall of michael avenotti, a lawyer who became famous overnight for representing stormy daniels and taking on trump and his lawyer, michael cohen. he surged in a political climate. when they go low i say we hit harder. he ended the year announcing he wouldn t run. how do you plea to the sole count? michael cohen, guilty, your
republicans controlling both houses. is corker right that this is just a show and he wants to look like a fighter? honestly, that whole clip i was laughing because i m from tennessee. from memphis. i thought you were from texas. i m from memphis. i saw corker and his staff there part of the time. i laugh because it is totally encompassing of bob corning ker career. that s the reason why he wouldn t run for election. in this case he s talking about the president. is that a good argument he is making? if he couldn t have gotten this done already, why didn t this happen when you got republicans controlling both houses. in a last ditch effort before the house is taken over by democrats, you will try to get this in? i understand what you are saying, but the president of the united states of america heard
candidate says, we have this problem. there are women who say i had an affair with them. can we just rustle up $150,000 of hush money that we route through a third-party, then reimburse and cover it all up? is that cool? what s your answer to that person? i hope i wouldn t run of the out room screaming, but there s a chance. so, you know, the problem is, trying to do something like that in a campaign context, where expenditures are supposed to be exposed, is clearly a problem. yes. you have to say to the candidate, you can t do that. correct, yes. the white house makes the argument, well, there was the case involving senator edwards, and he paid money. the jury didn t convict him. that s a pretty weak read here
can we just rustle up $150,000 of hush money that we route through a third-party, then reimburse and cover it all up? is that cool? what s your answer to that person? i hope i wouldn t run of the out room screaming, but there s a chance. so, you know, the problem is, trying to do something like that in a expenditures are supposed to be exposed, is clearly a problem. yes. you have to say to the candidate, you can t do that. correct, yes. the white house makes the argument, well, there was the case involving senator edwards, and he paid money. the jury didn t convict him. that s a pretty weak read here because, first of all, the prosecutors charged senator edwards. there was a trial. the jury didn t convict him, but they were split on it.