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Michael Avenatti, whose reputation as a defender of the
vulnerable was recently marred by allegations of domestic
violence, announced in a Tuesday statement that he will not run
for president in 2020 despite making the apparent preparations
to do so.

Avenatti rose to prominence earlier this year representing porn
star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Trump, but
quickly pivoted to broader political commentary and began to
tease a presidential run during near-nightly appearances on
cable-news programs.

After establishing a super PAC — which he dubbed “Fight PAC” to
reflect his insistence that Democrats nominate a “fighter” to
oppose Trump — and delivering speeches in key presidential-
primary states, Avenatti found his ambitions derailed by a
public spat with Daniels and a number of financial and legal
travails.

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested Avenatti in late
November on suspicion of domestic violence after his girlfriend
accused him of dragging her across his apartment during a
dispute.

Shortly thereafter, Daniels accused Avenatti of filing the
defamation suit against Trump, which catapulted him to national
prominence, in defiance of her wishes. She further Avenatti,
whose law firm was recently evicted from its offices for failure
to pay rent, of refusing to share with her the proceeds of a
crowd-funding campaign he established in her name — though she
suggested that her relationship with Avenatti had been repaired
in a Monday tweet.

“Pleased that Michael and I have sorted sh** out and we know the
accounting is on the up and up. We are going to kick a**
together on two coasts tomorrow,” Daniels wrote on Twitter.

While Avenatti and Daniels have publicly ended their feud, he
still faces possible misdemeanor-domestic-violence charges in
Los Angeles, and the Department of Justice is also investigating
him for allegedly making false statements to Congress while
representing discredited Brett Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick.

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The announcement comes just days after Avenatti told Politico
that he believed his political stock was on the rise.

“I think the field is shaping up to be even more advantageous
for someone like me, not less,” Avenatti said Sunday. “I think
my chances have only gone up, not gone down.”

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/michael-avenatti-announces- he-will-not-run-for-president/
 

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