Less than a day after being arrested on domestic violence charges, attorney Michael Avenatti said he may still pursue a 2020 presidential run, according to a report published late Thursday.
“I’m still considering it,” Avenatti wrote in a text message to a USA Today reporter.
However, Avenatti added that the first point of business is “clearing his name.”
“I will not be intimidated,” Avenatti wrote. “The measure of a person is how they get up when they are knocked down.”
Avenatti was arrested in Los Angeles Wednesday though police did not disclose the identity of his accuser. He posted a $50,000 bail hours after being taken into custody.
He told reporters he has never “struck” a woman and argued he has been an advocate for women’s rights.
Avenatti became a household name when porn star Stormy Daniels hired him to represent her after she violated a 2016 nondisclosure agreement with President Trump and his former personal attorney Michael Cohen related to her 2006 affair with Trump and a $130,000 hush-money payment in 2016.
In August, he joined several Democratic presidential candidates at the same Democratic fundraiser in Clear Lake, Iowa, that 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama visited during their campaigns.
