Trump Just Won Another HUUUUUGE Legal Victory!
Another court victory for President Donald Trump after the adult film star Stormy Daniels lost her appeal in her failed defamation suit that made her owe almost $300,000 in legal fees to the former president.
On Friday, the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit said that Daniels had missed a crucial 30-day deadline to appeal a lower court’s decision on the legal fees, and therefore still owes the ex-president almost $300,000.
According to the CNBC report, “In its decision Friday, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said it had no jurisdiction over Daniels’ appeal of the attorneys’ fees issue because she failed to file a notice of appeal within a 30-day deadline of a federal judge granting the fees to Trump.”
The report also added, “The appeals court also said that the same judge had properly included another $1,000 in sanctions against Daniels in the same judgment that awarded Trump attorneys fees. The amount Daniels owes Trump in the case is about the same amount she was swindled out of by her former lawyer Michael Avenatti.”
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In a statement, President Trump said as he praised the court decision:
“As I have stated many times throughout the years, I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels, nor would I ever have wanted to,”
“The ruling was a total and complete victory and vindication for, and of me… Now all I have to do is wait for all of the money she owes me.” Trump added.
“The 9th Circuit just issued a final ruling in the Stephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels) frivolous lawsuit case against me brought by her disgraced lawyer, Michael Avenatti, upholding the lower court ruling that she owes me nearly $300,000 in attorney fees, costs, and sanctions (not including appeal costs),” Trump also said.
“Now all I have to do is wait for all of the money she owes me,” Trump added, calling the case “a purely political stunt that never should have been started, or allowed to happen.”
He also noted that the fake news media won’t report the story “P.S. The Fake News probably won’t report this story!”
On Monday, Daniels made a Twitter post after the decision of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that went against her. “I will go to jail before I pay a penny.”
🤣 The appeals court upheld the ruling..
Stormy Daniels owes Trump $300,000 plus appeals costs!😁@StormyDaniels better hit that stripper pole hard!!!! LMFAO— Crystal Smith (@Crystal59747465) March 22, 2022
Daniels attorney was representing in her case against Trump, Michael Avenatti was found guilty of identity theft for wrongly pocketing about $300,000 of the $800,000 advance Daniels was paid for her book, “Full Disclosure.”
In 2020 Avenatti was also convicted of extortion, wire fraud, and transmission of interstate communications with intent to extort in connection with threats he made against Nike, the sports equipment and apparel giant. Avenatti’s sentencing date is scheduled for May 24.
Avenatti was pointed out by the prosecutors to a “mountain of evidence” that is guilty of betraying his client’s trust.
Prosecutor Robert Sobelman said, “The defendant was a lawyer who stole from his own client. She thought he was her advocate, but he betrayed her and he told lies to try to cover it all up.”
“He stole from her. He lied to her over and over and over again. All to steal and spend money that was not his. The defendant is guilty,” Sobelman added.
Avenatti said, “I’m very disappointed in the jury’s verdict. I am looking forward to full adjudication of all of the issues on appeal.”
He also added, “I lost my way. I betrayed my own values, friends, family, and myself. I was driven by things that do not matter in life. Television and Twitter mean nothing. I and I alone have destroyed my career, my relationships, and my life”.
Michael Avenatti convicted of stealing $300k from Stormy Daniels https://t.co/hoEV533oB0 pic.twitter.com/icT2kef1sd
— New York Post (@nypost) February 4, 2022
Sources: Conservative Brief, CNBC, Yahoo News, Independent, NBC News