When NBC reported that President Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen has his phone tapped, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, quickly advanced all sorts of theories about what it means.
Those theories went up in smoke, however, when NBC issued a correction saying that his phones weren’t tapped after all.
Before the correction, Avenatti was on MSNBC to discuss the “domino sequence” that was about to unfold now that Cohen had been wiretapped.
“I think that Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, upon this — upon learning of this, are going to be very, very concerned to the extent that they were not concerned already,” he said. “This is a very serious matter.”
Stormy Daniels’ attorney @MichaelAvenatti reacts to Cohen wiretap.
“I think ultimately it will be disclosed that during these wiretaps the FBI learned of means by which Michael Cohen was going to destroy … evidence or documentation.” pic.twitter.com/55vrt30jcQ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 3, 2018
“My understanding is, they were also wiretapping text message communications for the weeks leading up to the FBI raids,” Avenatti said.
Avenatti said probably the wiretaps would show that the FBI was worried that Cohen was about to destroy evidence.
Probably, Avenatti figured, the wiretap “increases the chances” that Trump wouldn’t be able to serve his full term, because the wiretap would likely lead to more evidence of wrongdoing involving Trump.
“Those communications may very well now be on a recording in the possession of the FBI,” he said.
On MSNBC, Avenatti said the wiretap story was one reason why his case against Trump has gotten “exponentially better over the last 24 hours.”
“I think that our case has gotten exponentially better over the last 24 hours.”
Michael Avenatti reacts to breaking news of Cohen wiretap and Giuliani confirming Trump paid his client Stormy Daniels. pic.twitter.com/OSeK0dlUgk
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 3, 2018
