Avenatti says he turned down $200K from GOP donors looking to harm Trump

Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing Stormy Daniels in her lawsuits against President Trump and his lawyer Michael Cohen, says he’s turned down money from Republican donors looking to hurt the president. 

Avenatti told Law and Crime on Friday that he has rejected $200,000 from GOP supporters. He made the statement while responding to a New York Times report that he sought legal funding from major Democratic operatives. 

{mosads}“We have turned down over $200,000 from Republican donors looking to harm the president,” Avenatti told the news outlet.

The New York Times on Friday reported that Avenatti had appealed to a top operative for liberal donor David Brock’s circle of liberal nonprofits and super PACs.

He allegedly reached out to the Brock-founded super PAC American Bridge. But Brock ultimately decided against donating money to the lawyer, citing his TV-centric approach to Daniels’s case. 

Avenatti, who is seeking to nullify a nondisclosure agreement that bars Daniels from sharing information about her alleged affair with Trump, denied the claims in the Times report.

“Never happened,” he told Law and Crime. 

Avenatti insisted to the Times that he has not accepted “political-associated dollars” from Democrats or Republicans. He maintains that all legal fees have been covered by Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, or through the crowdfunding site he and Clifford have launched.