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Michael Avenatti, the former Stormy Daniels attorney, would-be presidential candidate, CNN pundit and convicted felon, , has been temporarily released from prison. A federal judge in California said today that the pandemic concerns required that Avenatti should be released from a federal detention center in New York…

President Donald Trump is facing an escalating impeachment inquiry and a furor over his latest decision in Syria, but news networks zeroed in on a surprise twist in another story: His taxes. A federal judge on Monday ruled against Trump’s effort to prevent eight years of his tax returns from being turned over to a New…

UPDATED, 1:07 PM: Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented Stormy Daniels in the porn actress’ lawsuit against President Donald Trump, today entered a not-guilty plea in a Manhattan federal court to charges that he stole from his famous client. Bail was set at $300,000, and Avenatti agreed to have no contact with…

The much spotlighted and multi-tiered legal battle between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels is over – with both sides getting what they want. “The Court GRANTS Defendants’ Motions and holds that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the only remaining cause of action in Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, the…

UPDATED with closing remarks, Trump campaign response: “Given my experience working for Mr. Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020 that there will never be a peaceful transition of power,” President Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen said in closing remarks before the House Oversight Committee on…

Presidential campaign-payoff recipient/porn star Stormy Daniels will counterprogram President Donald Trump’s Build the Wall/Twist the Truth Address to the nation tonight — by folding her laundry. Trump’s address from the Oval Office will be carried by the cable news networks, as well as ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, the Fox…

President Donald Trump is lying about Russia, his former fixer Michael Cohen told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos this morning on Good Morning America. [Watch video above, and more below.] Trump ordered hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal weeks before the election, knowing it was illegal, because…

President Donald Trump finally punched back at former fixer Michael Cohen, one day after Cohen was sentenced to three years in the slammer for various crimes, including making hush-money payment at Trump’s behest to Stormy Daniels during his presidential campaign. “I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law,&#8221…

UPDATE, 5:25 PM: The way things are closing in for Donald Trump in Robert Mueller's investigation, the former Celebrity Apprentice may need every dime of the nearly $300,000 he was awarded in attorney's fees today in one of his battles with Stormy Daniels. "The Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART Defendant’s…

UPDATED with Avenatti news conference quotes and more details, 6:28 PM: Michael Avenatti, whose representation of Stormy Daniels in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump has vaulted the L.A. attorney into the national spotlight, was arrested Wednesday in Los Angeles for suspected domestic violence. The Los Angeles…

UPDATE, with New Rules Halloween video The hashtag “#MAGAbomber” came for Cesar Sayoc Jr. nearly as quickly as his arrest today, but Bill Maher reached back a couple years for something a tad more classic. "Is it okay to call this one deplorable?," Maher asked during his opening monologue on tonight’s Real Time With Bi…

UPDATED with video: With the midterm elections just three weeks away, Stephen Colbert said he’s already stocked up on bourbon for Late Show‘s live Election Night broadcast. And to make sure Late Show reports election results accurately, “we’re getting our news directly from our IT guy in Moscow,” he explained. But…