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☆ Michael Cohen to face ex-boss Trump in testimony at New York fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, is set to begin testifying Tuesday in the $250 million fraud trial of the former president and his company. Judge Arthur Engoron, who will deliver verdicts in the no-jury trial, has already found Trump liable for fraud and ordered the cancellation of the defendants' New York business certificates. Trump was in court for two days last week, when Cohen was first expected to be called to testify. Engoron imposed a narrow gag order on Trump earlier this month, after Trump attacked the judge's law clerk. The gag order prohibits Trump from making public statements about the judge's staff.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Michael Cohen, Michael Avenatti's, Donald Trump, Cohen, Trump's, Cohen's, Letitia James, Trump, James, Judge Arthur Engoron Organizations: United, Courthouse, Trump, CNBC, Court, New, Trump Organization Locations: Manhattan, New York City, New York

Former attorney Michael Avenatti exits after the guilty verdict in his criminal trial, at the United States Courthouse in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Nike Inc FollowNEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to overturn Michael Avenatti's conviction for extorting Nike (NKE.N), setting back the disgraced celebrity lawyer's effort to shorten his potential 19-year stay in prison. Avenatti, 52, gained fame in 2018 while representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in litigation against then-U.S. President Donald Trump. A federal public defender representing Avenatti did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Circuit Court of Appeals, No.

Persons: Michael Avenatti, Brendan McDermid, Michael Avenatti's, Avenatti's, Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump, Avenatti, Gary Franklin, Franklin, Reena Raggi, Daniels, Jonathan Stempel Organizations: United, Courthouse, REUTERS, Nike, U.S, Circuit, Prosecutors, Avenatti, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, New York

The sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, California is in addition to the five years in prison that Avenatti, 51, was already serving for two unrelated convictions in Manhattan federal court. Selna also ordered Avenatti to pay $10.8 million in restitution to the clients and the Internal Revenue Service. "Michael Avenatti was a corrupt lawyer who claimed he was fighting for the little guy. Prosecutors had sought a 17-1/2 year prison term, on top of the existing five years, after Avenatti pleaded guilty in June to five charges of wire fraud and obstruction. When trying to help Daniels break a confidentiality agreement over her alleged affair with Trump, Avenatti became a fixture on cable TV news, attacking Trump and flirting with his own presidential run.

☆ Trump foe Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in prison for stealing millions from clients
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Lawyer Michael Avenatti speaks to the media after he walks out of federal court in New York, New York, U.S., March 25, 2019. The judge also ordered Avenatti to pay more than $10.8 million in restitution to four clients and to the Internal Revenue Service. Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer who gained notoriety for legal actions involving former President Donald Trump , was sentenced Monday in California to 14 years in prison for stealing about $7.6 million from clients, as well as for tax fraud. For months in 2018, Avenatti was a ubiquitous presence on television news shows, where he delighted in verbally skewering the president and Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen. "He stole millions of dollars from his clients – all to finance his extravagant lifestyle that included a private jet and race cars," the top prosecutor said.

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