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Whoa! Avenatti says there are Trump tapes!: Update---MelissaB has video on Post #15 (Original Post) Kingofalldems May 2018 OP
Okay. You have my attention. Now show us what ya got! dameatball May 2018 #1
I suspect he's referring to these: Totally Tunsie May 2018 #14
Aha, thanks. dameatball May 2018 #16
"Lordy, I hope there are tapes!" The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #2
lol Vinnie From Indy May 2018 #4
Hahahahaha Little Star May 2018 #38
Amen! dflprincess May 2018 #61
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! malaise May 2018 #3
yeah, the tapes are likely to be salty too bucolic_frolic May 2018 #23
LOL malaise May 2018 #24
Is everyone tired of popcorn? forgotmylogin May 2018 #36
With the amount of popcorn and butter we've been eating since this vile malaise May 2018 #37
Lordy! bigtree May 2018 #5
Perhaps this?..... lamp_shade May 2018 #6
I doubt if the FBI would release those tapes. Kingofalldems May 2018 #10
Release the tapes. Americans have a right to know Achilleaze May 2018 #7
Gonna need some eye bleach. Lochloosa May 2018 #8
Drip, drip, drip ... literally jayschool2013 May 2018 #9
Lordy make it so... MontanaMama May 2018 #11
Grand juries stock a bigly supply of eye bleach.... KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #35
I did not know that. MontanaMama May 2018 #41
Thanks for the Johnny PIX - I really miss him! KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #55
I think I dated myself with that... MontanaMama May 2018 #59
I will watch them like I watch Tarantino films: Laffy Kat May 2018 #52
Now? JenniferJuniper May 2018 #12
Hope he gets plenty of TV time on this! triron May 2018 #13
Video: MelissaB May 2018 #15
Shocking! Avenatti destroying Trump! Kingofalldems May 2018 #17
Unlike every other hearing, Michael Avenatti took no questions after making a brief statement. oberliner May 2018 #21
That's because of this... brooklynite May 2018 #31
Well he's a bad bad man! Kingofalldems May 2018 #51
What does he say? manor321 May 2018 #22
Audio tapes by Cohen taken for years grantcart May 2018 #32
Thank you. Duppers May 2018 #58
Finally! We're going to see the real pee tape! FakeNoose May 2018 #18
Trump's own admission of his Russian activities is probably the only way procon May 2018 #19
Even that NewJeffCT May 2018 #30
Um, no..... brooklynite May 2018 #33
yes NewJeffCT May 2018 #39
doubtful..... getagrip_already May 2018 #44
as I specified above NewJeffCT May 2018 #49
WAY too generous to the Rs, my friend Cosmocat May 2018 #56
Tapes as president? Renew Deal May 2018 #20
See Post #15 Kingofalldems May 2018 #26
No. Avenatti wants to keep any tapes relating to Daniels away from the press jberryhill May 2018 #34
Cohen's tapes. ooky May 2018 #27
But Benghazi, emails ..... You can hear the gop spinning machine grinding up now BSdetect May 2018 #25
Here we go ... Puzzler May 2018 #28
Somehow I think this is NOT volstork May 2018 #29
Why the hell doesn't the FBI have these? Ligyron May 2018 #40
Maybe they do or will get them soon I would think. triron May 2018 #43
they do... getagrip_already May 2018 #46
Oh, Okay that's better. Ligyron May 2018 #48
It's probably the Michael Cohen tapes that were just released by the special master yesterday. meadowlander May 2018 #47
Right Cosmocat May 2018 #57
As Jed Clampett used to say on The Beverly Hillbillies... llmart May 2018 #42
Oh boy! workinclasszero May 2018 #45
"Stay tuned"? BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #50
Please be true! Unrepentant Fenian May 2018 #53
from the simpsons... SummerSnow May 2018 #54
Dt Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #60
The tapeworm has turned Blue Owl May 2018 #62

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
14. I suspect he's referring to these:
Wed May 30, 2018, 12:44 PM
May 2018

Verified account @MichaelAvenatti


"We look forward to pushing for answers this morning as to why Mr. Cohen is leaking illegally recorded conversations relating to my client. Also interetsed in why he will not release all of the recordings, especially those with Mr. Trump."

malaise

(268,919 posts)
37. With the amount of popcorn and butter we've been eating since this vile
Wed May 30, 2018, 01:46 PM
May 2018

scumbag took office, we've had to switch to nuts.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
7. Release the tapes. Americans have a right to know
Wed May 30, 2018, 12:17 PM
May 2018

about all the repulsive sleaze the republicans have been fomenting

brooklynite

(94,501 posts)
31. That's because of this...
Wed May 30, 2018, 01:23 PM
May 2018
Judge in Cohen case warns Avenatti to stop 'publicity tour'
Source: The Hill

A federal judge on Wednesday told Michael Avenatti to stop his “publicity tour” if he wants to continue participating in court proceedings against Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal attorney, according to multiple reports.

Cohen’s attorneys have asked the federal district court to bar Avenatti from representing Stormy Daniels in the case. Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 to prevent her from going public about an alleged affair with Trump.

While Judge Kimba Wood did not rule on Cohen’s request, she did throw a sharp warning to Avenatti, who has become a fixture on cable news networks in recent months.

"I say publicity tour not in a derogatory sense. You’re entitled to publicity, I can’t stop you — unless you’re participating in a matter before me,” Wood said, according to New York Daily News reporter Stephen Brown.

Read more: http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/389900-judge-in-cohen-case-warns-avenatti-to-stop-publicity-tour

procon

(15,805 posts)
19. Trump's own admission of his Russian activities is probably the only way
Wed May 30, 2018, 01:01 PM
May 2018

congress will move to impeach him.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
30. Even that
Wed May 30, 2018, 01:22 PM
May 2018

would likely split the Republicans in Congress 50-50. Still, if McConnell and Ryan allow the votes, 50-50 is more than enough to convict - 47 Democrats and 2 Independents, plus 25 or 26 Republicans brings the vote totals into the 70s.

getagrip_already

(14,708 posts)
44. doubtful.....
Wed May 30, 2018, 02:32 PM
May 2018

that you would ever see 25 republican votes to convict. you won't even get the 19 needed to get to 67.

Hell, I can't even count 5 that are even close to flipping. And that includes Mccain, who will likely not return to vote at any time.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
49. as I specified above
Wed May 30, 2018, 02:54 PM
May 2018

if a "smoking gun" tape really did come out, I did not think Trump's support would completely collapse among republicans like it did with Nixon. I think with Fox News and Fake News on high alert, he would only lose about 50% of Republicans, which would mean 25 or 26 votes in the Senate.

Cosmocat

(14,563 posts)
56. WAY too generous to the Rs, my friend
Wed May 30, 2018, 04:11 PM
May 2018

No matter WHAT evidence, you would be able to count on one hand of a lathe worker the number of Rs who would vote for impeachment in either chamber of congress ...

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
34. No. Avenatti wants to keep any tapes relating to Daniels away from the press
Wed May 30, 2018, 01:27 PM
May 2018
https://www.courthousenews.com/lawyer-for-stormy-daniels-paints-cohen-as-leaker-at-hearing/

Earlier in the hearing, Avenatti offered detail to his claim that Cohen leaked privileged communications about Daniels to the press.

Avenatti said a member of the press asked him a week ago to comment on an audio recording between Cohen and Keith Davidson, a former lawyer for Daniels.

...

“From what I was told there’s other recordings,” Avenatti said, adding that he wants such information protected.

“We don’t want to provide it to the press,” he continued.

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Avenatti wants tapes of conversations between Cohen and Trump released.

Avenatti does NOT want tapes of conversations between Cohen and Daniels' then-lawyer Davidson released.

ooky

(8,922 posts)
27. Cohen's tapes.
Wed May 30, 2018, 01:18 PM
May 2018

Avenatti on TV right now saying Cohen was making tapes.

Expect Hannity to be leading the chorus by tonight to suppress the tapes.

getagrip_already

(14,708 posts)
46. they do...
Wed May 30, 2018, 02:36 PM
May 2018

avanti was saying that cohen is releasing excerpts from tapes turned over by the fbi to all parties. As the special judge reviews the content, anything approved for trial is being turned over to the fbi and all parties.

Or at least that's what I remember.

meadowlander

(4,394 posts)
47. It's probably the Michael Cohen tapes that were just released by the special master yesterday.
Wed May 30, 2018, 02:36 PM
May 2018

The FBI seized them in the raid but couldn't look at them until the special master determined that they weren't covered by attorney client privilege. The special master released over a million items yesterday and then (total coincidence I'm sure) Michael Avenatti says there are tapes of Trump's conversations...

Like it says in the article, he knows about it because it was discussed in court today at Michael Cohen's hearing.

llmart

(15,536 posts)
42. As Jed Clampett used to say on The Beverly Hillbillies...
Wed May 30, 2018, 02:28 PM
May 2018

"whee doggies".

This is starting to get good.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,563 posts)
50. "Stay tuned"?
Wed May 30, 2018, 02:56 PM
May 2018

I'm pretty sure most people here are on the edges of their seats for this excellent news! I doubt that retuning will be necessary.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
60. Dt
Wed May 30, 2018, 08:28 PM
May 2018

has taped so many people and eavesdropped electronically on people at his golf resorts. He's beneath being a slug. Imagine the chicanery he has been involved w w all that money and rich boy behaviors.

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