A federal judge in Los Angeles Friday temporarily stayed the civil lawsuit Stormy Daniels filed against Michael Cohen after Cohen asserted his 5th amendment rights against self-incrimination in the case earlier this week. The AP writes:
Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, asked for the delay after FBI agents raided his home and office earlier this month. The FBI was seeking records about a nondisclosure agreement Daniels signed days before the 2016 presidential election.
U.S. District Judge S. James Otero agreed to pause the case for three months and set a hearing for July 27. [...]
Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, tweeted that he’d likely be filing an immediate appeal of Otero’s ruling with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
“We do not agree with it,” Avenatti wrote. “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
Daniels sued Cohen to be released from the NDA he negotiated with her former lawyer. The $130,000 payment he made to Daniels just before the 2016 election has become a key element in the criminal investigation into Cohen being conducted by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York.
Saturday, Apr 28, 2018 · 12:33:18 AM +00:00
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Kerry Eleveld
UPDATE: Trump manages to shoot himself in the foot again (per Politico)…
[Avenatti] also indicated that Daniels might file a new legal claim or suit next week alleging that Trump libeled her last week when he said on Twitter that she was engaged in a “con job” by circulating a sketch of a man she says threatened her in 2001, warning her to leave Trump alone.
“He called my client a con or suggested that she lied to the American people,” Avenatti said. “We may be bringing that claim shortly.”