Avenatti Given 8 Days to Hire Defense in Bank Fraud Case

[jberryhill]

https://www.courthousenews.com/avenatti-given-8-days-to-hire-defense-in-bank-fraud-case/

Prosecutors want U.S. District Judge James V. Selna to either order Avenatti to hire a lawyer or have him fill out a statement about his finances that explains his need for a public defender. They said they don’t want to delay the estimated 15-day trial, set to begin June 4, and added Avenatti’s alleged victims have a right to speedy proceedings.

Avenatti has a “pattern and practice of using delay tactics to avoid responsibility for his conduct,” prosecutors said.

But Selna gave Avenatti until May 15 to retain counsel.

[hlthe2b]

1. what an unbelievable story Avenatti has "been"...

I have to turn away... Shaking my head so much is giving me a headache.

[mulsh]

2. I'm impressed that he was charged simultaneously on both coasts. It's as if DoJ folk had planned to

hit this guy as hard as they could, give him split legal theaters and make it exponentially harder to defend himself. But we know that under Russian asset and serial child abuser donny's administration they just would not do that. Don' we?

[jberryhill]

3. He was under investigation by the IRS long before the Daniels thing

I'm not surprised he has tinfoil hat wearing fans, though.