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LOS ANGELES (AP) The Justice Department says Stormy Daniels lawyer, Michael Avenatti, made misrepresentations in a bankruptcy case involving his former law firm that owes more than $440,000 in unpaid federal taxes.
Avenattis former firm, Eagan Avenatti LLP, had agreed in January to pay about $2.4 million in back taxes and penalties as part of a resolution of a bankruptcy case involving the firm.
Court documents show some of the money was paid, but attorneys for the government said in May that the firm still owed a portion of the unpaid tax money.
On Tuesday, the U.S. attorneys office in Los Angeles filed a motion asking a federal judge to compel the payment of $440,291 in unpaid taxes and more than $11,700 in interest. Lawyers from the U.S. attorneys office represent the government in bankruptcy court when theres a debt to a government agency, like back taxes or unpaid student loans.
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(89,264 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)smart! Maybe Avenatti is smart enough to beat Trump. That is good enough for me because 15 other candidates could not beat him.
So: Why Not?