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Avenatti-backed PAC helping Espy in Miss. despite assault charges

By Paul Bedard

Published November 20, 2018 9:12pm ET

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Avenatti-backed PAC helping Espy in Miss. despite assault charges — Michael Avenatti leaves the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Division after being released from police custody following his arrest on a felony domestic violence charge, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in Los Angeles. Avenatti says he's confident he will be fully exonerated after police complete a thorough investigation. | (Michael Owen Baker/AP)

A newly formed political action committee backed by anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti, charged last week with domestic violence, is organizing for Senate Democratic candidate Mike Espy.

Left of Center was launched in Massachusetts in October with the high-profile help of Avenatti, the lawyer for Trump accuser and porn actress Stormy Daniels.

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