long before avenatti ever met stormy daniels. daniels and avenatti parted ways earlier this year. when avenatti was arrested for financial crimes, daniels tweeted she was not shocked, adding that he treated her extremely dishonestly. he denies being dishonest. >> was it worth it to take on this case? >> if you would have asked me that nine months ago, i would have said absolutely. as i sit here today, sara, i just don't know. because the price that has been paid by me and my family, and those around me has been enormous. >> you sound like a man that has been humbled by this. is that fair? >> no, there is no question i've been humbled. regardless of what happens, i have had an enormous life, i have had a lot of opportunities that a lot of people can only dream of, and i've done a lot of things over my 48 years of that a lot of people would never have an opportunity to do. >> are you afraid you're going to lose it all? >> well, of course, i'm afraid of that. again, i mean, if i wasn't afraid of that, there would be something fundamentally wrong with me, as a man, as a human being. b

avenatti. >> has returned a 36-count indictment against attorney michael avenatti. this indictment is now the operative charging document in the case. the indictment substantially broadens the criminal conduct that was charged in the criminal complaint that was unsealed on march 25th. the charges now being alleged against mr. avenatti can be broken down into four general categories. first, wire fraud, related to the theft of millions of dollars from five clients, including a paraplegic man who agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement but has received only a fraction of the money despite the fact that mr. avenatti received the full settlement amount over four years ago. second, tax fraud, including failing to file income tax returns for himself and his law firm. as you will hear in a few minutes from special agent in charge corner, mr. of a nalty also took steps designed to obstruct an irs collection, hide his coffee company's income and prevent the irs from collecting on a series of tax lien

daniels and avenatti parted ways earlier this year when avenatti was arrested for financial crimes. daniels tweeted she was not shocked, adding he treated her dishonestly. he denies being dishonest. was it worth it to take on this case? >> if you would have asked me that nine months ago, absolutely. as i sit here today, sarah, i just don't know because the price that has been paid by me and my family and those around me has been enormous. >> reporter: you sound like a man that has been humbled by this? is that fair? >> there's no question i have been humbled. regardless of what happens, i have had an enormous life. i have had a lot of opportunities that a lot of people can only dream of. i have done a lot of things over my 48 years a lot of people never will have the opportunity to do. >> reporter: are you afraid you are going to lose it all? >> of course i'm afraid of that. again, if i wasn't afraid of that, there would be something wrong with me as a man, as a human being. i can't have that consume me. i can't allow it to eat me up because otherwise, you know, i might as well just

long before avenatti ever met stormy daniels. daniels and avenatti parted ways earlier this year. when avenatti was arrested for financial crime, daniels tweeted she was not shocked adding that he treated her extremely dishonestly. he denies being dishonest. was it worth it to take on this case? >> if you would have asked me that nine months ago, i would have said absolutely. as i sit here today, i don't know. because the price that has been paid by me and my family and those around me has been enormous. >> you sound like a man that has been humbled by this. is that fair? >> there is no question i've been humbled. regardless of what happens, i have had an enormous life. i've had a lot of opportunities that lot of people can only dream of. i've done a lot of things over my 48 years a lot of people would never have an opportunity to do. >> are you a of trade you afrai to lose it all? >> of course. if i wasn't afraid of that, there would be something fundamentally wrong with me as a man, as a human being. but i can't have that consume me. it can't -- i can't allow to eat me up. becau

we will tell you what media darling michael avenatti says about the charges he is facing. >> nancy pelosi said bar was off the rails. if any country would understand being off the rails it would be nancy pelosi. rob: devon nunez says his criminal referrals are signed, sealed and delivered. jillian: why are democrats struggling to control the mueller nest egg? inclusion a political statement. rob: a school district raising the black lies matter flag today. "fox and friends first" continues. ♪ >> you are the only person who doesn't move when you hear it but it is -- rob: i am not moving. thursday happy hour. jillian: more on that later. good morning. you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. i did not put happy hour on thursday. rob: thanks for starting your day with us, you were smarter than me. julian assange not going down without a fight, a legal battle is expected over his extradition to the united states. jillian: the doj accuses him of working with chelsea manning unclassified information. rob: washington's reaction. >> reporter: opinions run the gamut, some appla

avenatti not is a con man. avenatti crashes and burns. trump junior mocks avenatti, you might just get to share a cell with cohen. avenatti crash and burns. did you crash and burn? >> no, this is a tough business. we operate now in an environment that's more toxic politically that has we ever have experienced in the history of the united states. >> haven't you contributed to that. >> largely due to social media. >> to the toxic nature of topics? politics. >> i don't think so. i don't think i have trafficked in nonsense and personal attacks for the most part. >> he also made clear why he thinks he's fashion -- facing his own legal battles now. >> i have made powerful enemies over the years. especially over the last 18 months. >> you're eluding to a conspiracy against you. >> i'm not eluding to a conspiracy. >> you are. >> what i'm saying is the facts are the facts. >> the fact is they have been investigating him for two years long before avenatti ever met stormy daniels. daniels and avenatti parted ways earlier this year. when he was arres

michael avenatti! in trouble. >> seems to me when all the media appearances were going on and the hysteria, many lawyers like myself are like what is this guy doing? this is not the way lawyers perform and handle their cases. it's more about getting money. i have seen and prosecuted unfortunately lawyers, not many of them, but a few that are getting into financial trouble so they do wheeling. they're taking in money from clients that's supposed to go to them. that's our obligations as attorneys. rather they're using it for their personal life or pay off other clients that they scam from and committing tax fraud and not to mention the fact that they're stealing their clients funds. mr. avenatti has charges against him in multiple jurisdictions and here's the physics of prosecutions. audience ask this all the time. the high, the risk, the famous, they don't get charged. before prosecutors pull a trigger on avenatti, they're going to make sure they have i's dotted and t's crossed and make sure they don't

and michael avenatti is in trouble. he stole millions from clients and how the media was all over stormy daniels's lawyer. i wonder if clapper and brennan will stay on the job. straight ahead. oints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. i'm a fighter. always have been. when i found out i had age-related macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. my doctor and i came up with a plan. it includes preservision. only preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula recommended by the national eye institute to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd. that's why i fight. because it's my vision. preservision. try areds 2 + multivitamin. >> sean: attorney michael avenatti is in more legal trouble tonight. joining us with the latest live from the west coast newsroom, fox news correspondent trace gallagher. trace, this has got

prosecutors in los angeles lowered the boom on high-profile attorney michael avenatti. 36 new federal charges for embezzling from clients. the details disturbing already facing charges for an attorney already facing charges for extortion against a major american company. nbc's miguel almaguer with the details. >> reporter: the new 36-count indictment accuses high-profile attorney michael avenatti of fraud, perjury, embezzlement and failure to pay taxes. outlining their case in detail, prosecutors allege avenatti stole some $9 million from his clients and lied about the money to support his lavish, celebrity lifestyle, including the purchase of this private jet seized by the government yesterday. >> to steal money from a client trust account is pretty much the worst thing a lawyer can do. >> reporter: in one case, prosecutors say avenatti hid a $4 million settlement from a paraplegic client and then funneled the money to try to keep his race team and coffee business afloat. allegedly failing to file taxes for years, the government says avenatti swindled $2.3 million in taxes from his c

michael avenatti accused of stealing millions from his own clients. authorities say among them, a paraplegic. >>> the emotional news conference today. the msu student coming forward, describing what she said former members of the basketball team did to her. >>> the american couple missing in the mountains, using what's called a life straw to filter parasites out of the water to survive. how they were discovered. >>> and alexa, can you hear me? tonight, the amazon employees who told "bloomberg" it was their job to listen to what you a asked alexa for. and what else they heard in the process. they were alarmed. >>> good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin with that dramatic arrest in london. julian assange, a wanted man in the united states, pulled out of the ecuadorian embassy. defiantly holed up in that embassy in london for nearly seven years, often speaking from that window right there. but today, a starkly different image. shackled and dragged out of the embassy, his long beard. he was shouting, and so

charges against michael avenatti. spending it on a life of luxury. blizzard on the move tonight in several states. whiteout conditions forcing drivers off the road. powerful winds knocking over a semi. al roker is tracking it all. >>> the coresswoman under fire for these remarks about 9/11 to a muslim group. >> cair was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something. >> tonight, the firestorm grows. >>> the son of a sheriff's deputy charged in a series of fires at black churches, the role his own father played in his arrest and the disturbing music investigators say may have influenced him. >>> alexa, what is eavesdropping? new revelations that amazon eloyees are listening in on your conversations. what you can do to protect yourself. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester and tonight, onef the most notorious and controversial figures in the world is finally in custody. julian assange, the founder ileaks arrested this morning in londobarely recognizabl

daniels and avenatti parted ways earlier this year. when he was arrested for financial crimes daniels tweeted she was not shocked adding that he treated her extremely dishonestly. he denies being dishonest. >> was it worth it to take on this case? >> if you would have asked me that nine months ago i would have said absolutely. as i sit here today, sarah, i just don't know because the price paid by me and my family and those around me has been enormous. >> you sound like a man humbled by this. is that fair? >> there's no question i have been humbled. regardless of what happens i have had an enormous life. i have had a lot of opportunities that a lot of people can only dream of and i have done a lot of things that a lot of people would never have an opportunity to do. >> are you afraid you're going to lose it all? >> of course i'm afraid. again if i wasn't afraid of that, there would be something fundamentally wrong with me as a man, and as a human being. but i can't have that consume me. otherwise i might as well just crawl into a fetal

in new york, michael avenatti is facing separate charges. among them, trying to blackmail nike for $20 million. he denied those accusations. jonathan hunt is live with more. >> shep, michael avenatti was taking to twitter 5:00 a.m., hours before he arrived at the courthouse, tweeting his anger the way his case is being handled, referenced to a presumption to a right of nuns. he says we don't convict someone in america based on a one-sided argument and a press conference, even when he's one of the biggest enemies of the president and his son. the reference there to the president a clear implication that avenatti believes he's only being pursued in the courts because of his frequent public clashes with president prior and his prior representation of stormy daniels who has claimed she had an affair with the president. avenatti, you might remember, once considered challenging president trump in 2020. if he's found guilty on any of these charges, he will be otherwise occupied next year and could spend the rest of his life in prison. >> shepard: t

rush to prosecute due to pressure from michael avenatti. >> martha: avenatti said this in a tweet. the only thing that polluted the r. kelly case is greenberg and r. kelly's never-ending bull -- you can see. >> this is the same prosecutor in the jussie smollett case and in this -- >> in that she went to bat for one person and not the other. >> no one knows how it ends. but he is in very, very, very hot water with evidence against him in federal court where the type of shenanigans in chicago state court, illinois state courts normally do not occur. >> martha: thank you, judge. >> you're welcome. >> martha: good to see you. up next, with the latest democrat to enter the 2020 race for president. with the most lobster dishes lobsterfesof the yearred lobster like lobster lover's dream and new ultimate lobsterfest surf and turf. so come lobsterfest today! and now for a limited time, get ten percent off red lobster to go. and i don't add trup the years.s. but what i do count on... is boost® delicious boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential

avenatti 2020. what was he really? he was a complete scam artist in the media never kicked the tires, tucked under the hood, they didn't want to know. they put it right in the middle of the show room because they know what moves merchandise, and what moves merchandise is trump hate and impeachment. >> sean: up and go to what's coming -- switching topics. look at it now, the barr investigation, the criminal referrals, we had devin nunes on earlier. president trump told making of itit, fisa applications, all of this information is now coming out, 302s, horwitz report. how about us is going to be for the media and the democrats that live for two and a half years. >> it will be devastating. we only know may be 25% of the corruption that occurred. we all learn about the rest of it over the ensuing months. >> sean: how many people do youu think will go to jail? >> it's hard to know what i think there will be a lot of people under criminal investigation, and some will be criminally charged. thank you both are being with u us.

. >>> and high-profile attorney michael avenatti indicted on 36 federal charges. he's looking at life in prison. >>> good morning, everybody. it is friday, april 12th. we begin with the latest details on the arrest of julian assange. sporting a long white beard, assange was taken into custody yesterday at the ecuadorian embassy in london. he had been living there for the past seven years. ecuador's president says that assange's diplomatic asylum was withdrawn due to violating international conventions and discourteous and aggressive behavior. the u.s. justice department revealed yesterday assange has been charged with computer hacking we lated to the case of former intelligence officer chelsea manning. assange is accused of helping manning crack a password with gave him access to hundreds of thousands of classified documents. the indictment accuses assange of going beyond the role of a traditional journalist. he claims the u.s. is trying to infringe on his journalistic freedoms. >>> meanwhile members of congress from both sides of the aisle are calling for assange

and matt, michael avenatti is facing a second wave of charges tonight. if convicted, what kind of prison time could he face? >> reporter: and enormous amount, david. if convicted on all of those charges, he faces a combined maximum of nearly 400 years. that is a life sentence. and tonight, we are told that the prosecutor's office is aware of additional victims and it is possible we might see additional indictments. tonight, avenatti weighing in again, saying he denies all of the allegations and saying he is innocent. david? >> matt gutman with us live tonight. matt, thank you. >>> next tonight, to the huge outpouring in los angeles for slain rap star and activist nipsey hussle what's being called a celebration of life is taking place in the staples center. thousands turning out to pay respects. an outspoken advocate for ending gang violence, he was shot and killed in front of his clothing store. president obama paying tribute in a letter, writing he saw potential, he saw hope. his family tonight describing him as a super hero, saying he made the world pr

federal prosecutors drop 36 charges on michael avenatti. the embattled attorney is accused of stealing settlement money from a paraplegic client and could face 333 years in prison if convicted on all charges. he says he is innocent and will plead not guilty tweeting for 20 years i represented david versus goliath and relied on due process in the system of justice. along the way i have made many powerful enemies. i'm entitled to a full production of innocence and am confident justice will be done once all the facts are known. avenatti is accused of trying to extort nike for $20 million. michael avenatti saturated cable news coverage before being indicted with, charges. senior editor at the federalist molly hemingway says the media should have been more responsible. >> there are a lot of things attorneys can get away with but stealing from clients is very much from upon. stealing from a victim like this is particularly frowned upon but michael avenatti was treated as a hero by many in the media. last year someone at the federalist announced h

," michael avenatti. you might remember avenatti as the man who used to represent stormy daniels in her suit against the president, using the cunning legal strategy of spending 24 hours a day on cable news talking about himself. ( laughter ) at the time, he got such a high profile that he announced he was exploring a run for president. ( laughter ) now, come on! a man that egotistical and self- promoting... had a pretty good shot. ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) ( cheers and applause ) well, ladies and gentlemen... ladies and gentlemen, take off that "avenatti 2020" shirt, because today, avenatti was arrested for an alleged $20 million extortion scheme against nike. ( audience reacts ) so, everyone who comes into contact with donald trump becomes a criminal. is that how this works? all you have to do is make eye contact with him, and-- bam! you're smuggling endangered sea turtles out of the philippines. first-- ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) that's a heavy sea turtle over there, jon. >> jon: a big turtle. >> ste

new indictments for michael avenatti. a new twist in the feud between the vice president and mayor pete. hello, everyone. i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." first, president trump addressing the arrest of julian assange after british police took him out of the ecuador embassy where he had been holed up for seven years. now indicted in the united states. here's what the president said moments ago. >> i know anything about wiki leaks. it's not my thing. i know there's something to do with julian assange. i have been seeing what's happened with assange. that will be a determination, i would imagine, mostly by the attorney general. >> dana: catherine herridge, you're earning all your pennies. we've had you in our a block every day. what do you have now? >> reporter: well, dana, good afternoon. the arrest of julian assange intersects with the imminent release of the robert mueller report, which is expected to analyze russia's election interference and likely explain to what extent assange and wiki leaks were an

. >>> and michael avenatti. the attorney who made his name going after president trump now facing 36 charges of his own from everything from wire fraud to embezzlement. >>> and later the ceo of j.p. morgan chase stumped by a california lawmaker who grilled him about the starting salary for his employees. that freshman democrat katie porter joins me life. plants capture co2. what if other kinds of plants captured it too? if these industrial plants had technology that captured carbon like trees we could help lower emissions. carbon capture is important technology - and experts agree. that's why we're working on ways to improve it. so plants... can be a little more... like plants. ♪ >>> we're back, you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. today president trump holding a high stakes oval office meeting with his counterpart in south korea, moon jae-in, both meeting face-to-face for the first time since the february failed summit with north korea and as kim jong-un unleashes this fresh threat to use his nuclear weap

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avenatti will be arraigned april 29th. he faces several charges in new york, accused of trying to extort shoe company nike. shannon: the unknown mayor of south bend pete buttigieg is getting significant traction in iowa for the latest 2020 poll. a judge is surging, even though he is not officially in the race. >>, religion and the lgbt community. >> if he runs it is elected, south bend indiana democratic mayor pete buttigieg would be the first openly gay president in history in the first to say this about his husband. >> my marriage made me a better man and yes, mister vice president, it has moved me closer to god. your quarrel is with my creator. >> reporter: marks showed the prospect of candidate is unwilling to see the campaign issue of religious faith, something long claimed by social conservatives, but buttigieg is reporting on it. >> i worked closely with mayor pete in indiana. we had a great working relationship and he said some things that are critical of my christian faith and about me personally. >> reporter: sec

nike says it won't respond to new accusations leveled at the company by attorney michael avenatti. they include claims the oregon- based company allegedly bribed the mother of college basketball's biggest star. here's tony dokoupil. >> williamson! >> reporter: zion williamson dunked his way into the national n.b.a.'s top overall draft pick. but embattled attorney michael avenatti alleged that williamson's family has already been getting paid... ( cheers ) ...as part of a scheme he recently described to our jericka duncan. >> the truth is, for years, nike and its executives have been funneling payments to amateur players, high school players, and to their handlers and family members, in an effort to get them to go to colleges that were nike colleges, and ultimately, hopefully, to the n.b.a., so they could sign a shoe deal with nike. >> reporter: on twitter saturday, avenatti dropped 41 pages of documents supposedly related to other top recruits, claiming it was "evidence showing nike bribed players to attend nike colleges." avenatti suggested that in williamson's case, his mother, s

he tweets a photo of a signature by the client saying that avenatti did a great job for him. as it turns out, that man's new attorney said that his client was tricked as late as march of this year, that avenatti showed up at his home and that he was fg to get trained. they signed the document so happy with the way he was represented. he didn't know that avenatti had already received those funds in 2015 according to prosecutors. we're sure to hear more in the coming days. sara sidner, cnn, los angeles. >>> huge crowds turned out in los angeles thursday to honor the slain musician nipsy hussle. mourners jammed the streets to say farewell for a man being remembered not just for his music but his activism. snoop dogg and barack obama sent a condolence letter. a long-time friend of the rapper led part of that letter. >> i've never met nipsy, but i've heard my music through my daughters. after his passing i i had a chance to learn about his transformation and community work. nipsy saw potential. he saw hope. he saw a community that even through its flaws taught him to always keep g

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now avenatti again denying all of these allegations saying he's innocent. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to matt gutman there. >>> the city of chicago has made good on its promise to sue actor jussie smollett. the city is seeking to recoup the costs of investigating smollett's claims that he was the victim of a racist anti-gay attack. chicago claims it spent more than $130,000 in police overtime. the civil suit against smollett says chicago is seeking at least three times that amount. smollett is refusing to pay. all charges against him were dropped last month. >>> the hallmark channel has taken some extraordinary steps to remove actress lori loughlin from her former show. she's been edited out of new episodes of "one calls the heart." hallmark cut ties over allegations of the college admissions scandal. a man accused of taking the tests is expected to plead guilty to several counts today. mark rydell could still face prison time. he's likely to have to forfeit nearly $240,000 he made from the scheme. >>> now to julian assange facing extr

avenatti is now on the defensive, referring nbc news to his tweets. he will plead not guilty and fight all charges. a self described fighter for the people, he is in a battle for his own freedom. if convicted on of the charges mere in los angeles, he faces a maximum prison sentence on of 335 years in prison. which is an additional french potential years. so, essentially, he is facing life behind francis. >> thank you. >> congresswoman omar in the center of another controversy. they say, she misspoke at an event last month where she made comments about the september 11th terrorist attacks. >> for more on the backlash and the congress woman's response. we go to casey hunt. >> she is under fire again. after telling the council on american islamic relations known as care that the worst terror attack on american soil was "some people did something." >> care was founded after 9/11, because they recognize a that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties. >> now, growing backlash. in the new york post, an

nbc's ann thompson has the details. >> reporter: tonight attorney michael avenatti playing his brand of hardball with nike, accusing the athletic giant of bribing more than 100 college basketball players, including some of its biggest stars to attend schools with nike contracts. >> you know what's disgraceful? bribing amateur athletes in need and putting them at their families at risk for federal charges all in the interest of corporate profits. >> reporter: among the players he says are ensnared in theged scam is forward zion williamson, one of the best players in the nation. avenatti claims williamson's mother was paid to get zion to go to duke, claims duke says it's are mentioned in avenatti's 41-page document dump of text messages and bank statements that he says show nike paid tens of thousands of dollars to players' families and handlers. nike saying it will not respond to the allegations of an individual facing federal charges of fraud and extortion. arrested last month, avenatti is accused of trying to bilk nike for more than $20 million. >> i will be fully exonerated and jus

avenatti was doing, was stealing from peter to pay paul. americans deserve to know the truth about -- >> a lawyer usually on the attack. avenatti is now on the densive, referringnbc news to his tweets. he willlead not guilty and fight all charges. a selfhe described fighter for people, he is in a battle for his own freedom. if convicted on of the charges mere in losangeles, he faces a maximum prison sentence on of 335ears in prison. that does not include the extortion charges in new york which is an additional french potential years. , essentially, he is facing life behind bars. francis. >> thank you. >> congresswoman omar in the center of another controversy. they say, she misspoke at an event lastonth where s made comments about the september 11th terrorist attacks. >> for more on the backlash and the congress woman's response. we go to casey hunt. >> shes under fire again. after telling the council on american islamic relations known as ce that the worst terror attack on american soil was "some people did something." >> care was founded

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avenatti. reporter: avenatti is also facing extortion charges in new york. that case centers around the shoe company nike. authorities saying avenatti tried to get nike to pay him millions of dollars so he wouldn't reveal allegations that nike allegedly paid off high school basketball players. back out here in california, federal prosecutors tell us if he is convicted on the fraud charges he faces up to 50 years in federal prison. connell: wow, what a turn for this guy in the last week or so jeff paul, thank you, sir. >> calling for more regulation. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg says the government needs to pay a greater role policing the internet. perfect. what it could mean for you and your privacy. that is coming up. >>> the party of health care, republicans taking on health care. we'll talk to a gop congressman, bruce wester man, who vows he has a viable solution. we'll test it next. brighthouse smartcare℠ is a hybrid life insurance and long-term care product. it protects your family while providing long-term care coverage, should you need it. so you ca

avenatti. for me to go there there are a lot of people i'm jumping over to get to michael avenatti, the single most obnoxious person. he leveraged his way to notoriety by exploiting stormy daniels. look. he used stormy daniels to pole vault onto the media then he became a fixture because he is articulate and charismatic in the cable news sense of the word, he got on television a lot, cnn put him on 121 times, msnbc 108 times, an exploiter -- he should be -- he stole money from disabled clients. >> greg: chased a lady who exchanged emails with a russ bot. how come nobody is trying to find out where julie sweatnik went? i google her name to find out if she's been arrested or what is she doing? >> geraldo: who is she again? >> jesse: the fake kavanaugh gang rop victim. >> dana: that michael avenatti promoted. >> emily: last word on ave234509i. >> jesse: i have -- >> emily: last word on avenatti. >> jesse: i have two shows on fox and he's on tv more than i am. >> emily: fan mail next. let's be hone

>> avenatti being charged with a whole bunch of stuff. in fact, there are four areas of criminal conduct. the bullet points are he stole alleged -- stealing millions from clients who represented him, failed to file employment tax returns and was admitted bogus financial false declaration of bankruptcy. denies this. the "los angeles times" has a story in saying that one of the clients was a mentally ill paraplegic on disability who won a $4 million settlement of the suit against los angeles county. the money wired to avenatti january 2015 but he hid it from johnson for years, according to the indictment. >> there are a lot of things attorney can get away with, stealing with from clients is from the pond. stealing from a victim like this is particularly founded upon. this is a guy who was treated as a hero by many people in the media. last year, someone at the federalist announced he was on msnbc and cnn some 200 times prior to his arrest for some domestic issue. this is someone who had been very much elevated in national discourse who i th

i despise michael avenatti. for me to go there there are a lot of people i'm jumping over to get to michael avenatti, the single most obnoxious person. he leveraged his way to notoriety by exploiting stormy daniels. look. he used stormy daniels to pole vault onto the media then he became a fixture because he is articulate and charismatic in the cable news sense of the word, he got on television a lot, cnn put him on 121 times, msnbc 108 times, an exploiter -- he should be -- he stole money from disabled clients. >> greg: chased a lady who exchanged emails with a russ bot. how come nobody is trying to find out where julie sweatnik went? i google her name to find out if she's been arrested or what is she doing? >> geraldo: who is she again? >> jesse: the fake kavanaugh gang rop victim. >> dana: that michael avenatti promoted. >> emily: last word on ave234509i. >> jesse: i have -- >> emily: last word on avenatti. >> jesse: i have two shows on fox and he's on tv more than i am. >> emily: fan mail next. newday's oper

. >>> federal prosecutors announced 36 counts against attorney michael avenatti. >> mr. avenatti received money on behalf of clients, misappropriated the money and lied to the clients. >> with all of these charges that he faces up to 335 years in prison. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >>> good morning everyone welcome to your "new day," it is friday, april 12th, 8:00 now in the east. cnn has learned that the white house was considering an extreme idea to deal with detained migrants at the u.s./mexico border. a source says that president trump personally pushed his ousted homeland security secretary to release undocumented migrants into so-called sanctuary cities as retaliation against his political foes. that source tells cnn that kirstjen nielsen resisted that plan. >>> also just in, it's friday, we are, in fact, getting official word that it is friday which means that there could be a friday news dump. there's no bigger news in the world right now, possible, than the release of the mueller report. it could come as soon as today. t

autosport, llc, which managed avenatti's re car team. s the first we're hearing of michael avenatti's race car team? [ light laughter ] that's the dead giveaway that s meone is bad news. the race car trackere james bond meets the villain for the first time as he's pulling e off hiet and his racing gloves. mr. bond, should we speak somewhere quieter? [ light laughter ] also, did you not see "goodfellas"? when you rip people off, you gotta play it cool with the you're like a guy who buys a ferrari and asks for the vanity plate -- bank robber. [ laughter ] while he was doing this, avenatti was actively putting himself in the spotlight. he said he was going to run forn presiden020. he made more appearances on cnn than the words "breaking news." and a lot of people fell for avenatti, probably because his job description was always ttorney" and not "race car team owner!" [ laughter ] while that was hwipening, leaks founder julian assange was also arrested in london, where he was dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy looking like santa claus wi

michael avenatti will start slumming it now. federal officials say they just seized his $5 million jet. avenatti, of course, represented the porn actress stormy daniels in lawsuits against president trump. the attorney is facing charges of extortion in new york city and bank and wire fraud in los angeles. he says he's innocent. could face decades behind bars. i thought we had pictures of his plane. my understanding is we did. it was michael avenatti's private jet. but here's his pictures anyway. the plane is a honda hha 420. a twin engine six-seat business jet. it was parked at santa barbara airport when federal agents handed the keys over to a private contract pilot to fly avenatti's plane to chino, california where it's in the possession of threshold aviation. here's the most interesting part of the jet, which we cannot see. the jet is in ardome, a video server here in new york. the plane is known to be registered to, and i quote, "passport 420." we know that trips between cnn and msnbc will now require an uber as the jet is n

avenatti. trish: he's going to say this is political. they're just going after me because i went after trump. what would you say to that? >> i would say, again, that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. everybody knows to file their that tax returns and, certainly, a lawyer. embezzling money from his clients is one of the most egregious things a lawyer can do. trish: yeah. no, i know. when i heard that one, so, again, we'll see if it's true. but i guess he'll have his day in court. or maybe he won't, because maybe he'll strike that plea deal, per your advice, sidney, and spend a little time behind bars. is that what he's facing? how much time in prison? >> he's finish oh, he's facing the rest of his life in prison. trish: yeah. wow. incredible. thank you -- hey, before i go, what do you think about attorney general barr real quick? i just have 20 seconds, and this spygate -- >> i'm very encouraged. i think he's a man of great integrity who believes in the rule of law, and that's exactly what we need right now. trish: s

michael avenatti's troubles are mounting. federal prosecutors in los angeles today announced an expanded 36-count indictment against avenatti, who once represented adult film actress stormy daniels. among the charges, stealing from clients, in one case most of a $4 million settlement owed to a paralyzed man who lost his disability benefits while avenatti allegedly covered up his theft. avenatti said he will fully fight the charges. the son of a local deputy was charged today with burning down three historically black churches in louisiana over a ten-day span. now investigators are digging into his past, and so is janet shamlian. >> reporter: 12 hours after investigators in st. landry parish identified 21-year-old holden matthews as their suspect, he was in the parish jail. >> we saw an immediate threat to public safety. we felt that other crimes were imminent. >> reporter: the arrest affidavit indicates a red gas can left at one church was a key piece of evidence. it led to a walmart receipt used to identify him. detectives u

of a naughty financial house of cards from collapsing. >> shannon: in one such case michael avenatti withheld $4 million settlement from mentally ill paraplegic man for years. when the client found documents for disability, michael avenatti ignored settlement information to the social security administration, knowing it could show the alleged embezzlement. as a result, the client stopped receiving his disability checks. in another case from authorities say michael avenatti received millions in a case for a client but the next day, a private jett authorities say have now seized. >> mr. michael avenatti received money on behalf of clients and simply took the money to finance businesses and personal expenses. >> investigator say he was money that was not his to fuel a lavish lifestyle that had no limits and in addition to stealing from clients come authorities also accused him of perjury as well as submitting bogus tax documents are not paying taxes for years. >> arab special agents use unique talent to untangle financial web of lies. >> jeff: he fired back on twitter writing, and tend

. >>> more legal trouble for attorney michael avenatti. he has been indicted on 36 charges of embezzlement and fraud. a paraplegic, whom avenatti withheld a estimate payment of $4 million. >> as it turns out, within months after receiving the settlement proceeds in early 2015, mr. avenue he had draine payment, using portions to finance his coffee business, his auto racing enterprise and his own personal lifestyle. >> ajust last month he was name in a scheme to extort $20 million from nike. >> that dude. >>> the blizzard that struck from the rockies to the plains has now turned deadly. the latest, next. >>> ohio governor mike dewine signing a so called heart beat bill into law, banning abortion after a fetal heart beat can be detected. courts have stricken down laws, most recently in iowa and january. dewine acknowledging the same fate awaits this law. he hopes the u.s. supreme court overturns roe v. wade. >> the purpose of the bill is to have a vehicle for the united states supreme court so that should be ready to do so it could revisit so

i will say this in avenatti -- i've been reading his tweets. that's how he's defending himself here. he showed a document from a client, the paraplegic that said, you know, our deal is fine. clients can cut side deals with lawyers. that doesn't necessarily -- that doesn't comport to 30. maybe comports to 40. i don't know. remember, he does have some evidence on his side. >> neil: what does that mean? are you saying this is all stuff that is easily thrown out? >> i don't say easily thrown out. i say he will have his day in court and, you know, he does have -- just strike me that he had a client in a written document saying the settlement was okay. he put it on his twitter feed. i have never seen anything like this if it's true. >> neil: you think if he didn't go after the president, nike, that we would be talking about these other cases? it's the same thing with paul manafort. had he never hooked up with trump in the campaign, would he have been facing -- >> i think so. i think at some point you trip a wire. you know, this guy is out there. he t

williamson's mother for what avenatti calls bogus consulting services. he claims that payments served as a bribe to get her son to play for duke this last season. jonathan serrie is in line line with more. >> michael avenatti posted this tweet implying that nike paid zion williamson's mother to go to a school where the company sponsored the athletic department. the tweet reads that ask you please ask zion williamson's mother to ask if she was paid for bogus consulting services as part of a bribe to get zion to go to duke. zion is expected to be this year's number 1 nba draft pick. duke did not respond for requests for comment. over the weekend, the athletic director issued this statement published in the duke chronicle. >> of course, michael avenatti famous for representing stormy daniels in lawsuits against president trump is in legal hot water of his own. federal prosecutors have accused him of attempting to extort millions from nike. avenatti has denied any wrongdoing but in a statement to fox news and other media, the company says nike will not respo

. >> coming up on the show michael avenatti, claiming he has evidence nike bribed players to attend nike colleges. he'll join us in a first on a cnbc interview >> let's begin with today's ipo action the good and bad of the ipo blitz. the pinterest road show. let's start with you >> well, generally the ipo blitz is doing okay, since levi strauss went public on march 21st, there have been 8 ipo's, four of them are up, including levi strouss trade webb's done well they've all had big moves off their initial prices four are down, that includes lyft this is just the first round of more than 200 ipo's scheduled to go public this year. so far the stars are still aligned, stock market within 2% of historic highs, and the renaissance capital ipo etf. one of the best performing etf's of the year, it's 32%. the real test will come with the smaller and mid sized companies, this week, two companies in the hot cyber security space go public providing operations management in addition to security, i'll be all over them. later in the week. sarah, back to you >> thank you, let's turn now to the next ipo

autosport, llc, which managed avenatti's race car team. how is this the first we're hearing of michael avenatti's race car team? [ light laughter ] that's the dead giveaway that someone is bad news. the race car track is where james bond meets the villain for the first time as he's pulling off his helmet and his racing gloves. mr. bond, should we speak somewhere quieter? [ light laughter ] also, did you not see "goodfellas"? when you rip people off, you gotta play it cool with the money. you're like a guy who buys a ferrari and asks for the vanity plate -- bank robber. [ laughter ] while he was doing this, avenatti was actively putting himself in the spotlight. he said he was going to run for president in 2020. he made more appearances on cnn than the words "breaking news." and a lot of people fell for avenatti, probably because his job description was always "attorney" and not "race car team owner!" [ laughter ] while that was happening, wikileaks founder julian assange was also arrested in london, where he was dragged out of the ecuadori

now avenatti is in the news for a very different reason. he was arrested in one case for allegedly embezzling big bucks from a client and in another for trying to extort $20 million from nike. >> a suit and tie doesn't mask the fact that, at its core, this was an old-fashioned shakedown. howard: so avenatti, who says he was exposing wrongdoing at nike, showed up in a tv studio. >> i am nervous, i'm concerned, i'm scared. >> but you also seem confident. >> i am confident because i believe the facts are on my side. howard: now even stormy daniels says avenatti was extremely dishonest with her. let's face it, the media were complicit in building up michael avenue gnat9ty because they couldn't resist the combination of his anti-trump fervor and showing pictures of his porn star client. we showed the picture. >>> ahead, why did many in the press buy jussie smollett's horrible hoax in the first place? >> but up next, two liberal pundits say they're been banned from msnbc for these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have bus

. >>> more troubles for high-profile attorney michael avenatti. we'll break down his latest legal battle at children's national, stronger is caring for a baby's heart in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future when prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children. it's being the number one newborn intensive care unit in the country. and giving parents peace of mind. it's less recovering in our bed, and more jumping on yours. stronger is standing out and standing proud. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. . >>> high-profile attorney n michael avenat stranger to controversy is at the center of a deepening legal scandal. he burst on to the public ndscape with his aggressive representation of adult film els but he'sda just been hit with a slew of new charges. mbezzling fromf his own clients. miguel almaguer reports. >> reporter: a lawyer usually on the attack, this morning michael avenatti is on the defensive. in a new 36-count indictment, the high-profe attorney is accused of fraud, perjury, embezzl