jackie: new york prosecutors laid out their case and two coindictments from identity theft to extortion. the first describing rob peter to pay pole scheme with adulterous stormy daniels. he took money from the book deal payment, spent it, hound of the publisher for the next payment to reimburse what he had taken. the prosecutor state avenatti faced dan faked daniel s signature is to have the money sent to his account, spent on hotels, restaurants, employees at his coffee company and law firm. $300,000 and all. as he was leaving the courtroom, avenatti asked the media, does anybody know when the president and don jr. will be arraigned? i wish him a lot of luck. of an audi also pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to shake down nike for $25 million, threatening to release damaging information ahead of the quarterly earnings call in the start of the ncaa men s college basketball tournament.
Undoubtedly there will be a new publicity for this environment to drown out even a flat denial from bob mueller. bret. bret: howard, thanks. once a big-time attorney at this afternoon michael avenatti represented by public defender. the first of not one but two coarraignments he faced today on charges ranging from fraud to extortion. of course, jackie has the story from new york. when asked how he with plea, the attorney michael avenatti looked calm and indignant telling the judge on each count 100% not guilty. after back-to-back arraignments, he appeared to blame his troubles on the president. for over 20 years, i have represented david s david versus goliath across this nation in many core else s just like this. i am now facing the fight of my life against the ultimate goliath. the trump administration.