Expanded report on today's Stormy news — a new lawsuit — with more about Davidson, and with links to the documents.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/stormy-daniels-sues-former-lawyer-puppet-cohen-trump?utm_term=.eexGqo3RO#.llx3MDoWw …
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@MichaelAvenatti confirms that the text messages came from Davidson, telling me, "We obtained them after months of demands from Keith Davidson. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/stormy-daniels-sues-former-lawyer-puppet-cohen-trump?utm_term=.vhxkmBZPD#.qhMQBNPWy …pic.twitter.com/1mJvGj2SH2
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Avenatti adds: "We still have not been provided all of the text messages."
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UPDATE: Cohen's lawyer, Brent Blakely, on Stormy's new lawsuit: "This new lawsuit ... has no merit whatsoever as to my client, Michael Cohen, and appears to be yet another publicity stunt. We look forward to defeating this lawsuit in court."https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/stormy-daniels-sues-former-lawyer-puppet-cohen-trump?utm_term=.kvjEZBmPA#.ghWYopdLP …
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Update: Michael Cohen's lawyer has filed a notice that he is removing Stormy Daniels' new lawsuit to federal court. (This means it likely will be heard in federal court, instead of Calif. state court, where it was filed.)https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4498013-Clifford-v-Davidson-Cohen-Notice-of-Removal.html …
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As noted — https://twitter.com/ThumperNYC/status/1004785894740676610 … — removal based on diversity of parties (from diff states) isn't available if any defendant is from the state where the suit was brought (Calif). It looks like Cohen's lawyer is hinging the removal on the fact Davidson hasn't yet been served.pic.twitter.com/VT7HyU52SI
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(Cohen's lawyer removed to C.D. Cal.) —> "The minority view is to look past the plain language of the statute and decline to permit removal prior to service. See, e.g., Standing v. Watson Pharms., Inc., 2009 WL 842211 (C.D. Cal. 2009)"https://twitter.com/PeterStris/status/1004794931578204160 …
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Cohen's lawyer filed a notice that the new lawsuit should be treated as a related case to the prior Stormy Daniels lawsuit pending there:https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4498438-Clifford-v-Davidson-Cohen-Notice-of-Related-Case.html …
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Keith Davidson, meanwhile — Stormy Daniels' original lawyer — is now countersuing her and Avenatti, alleging defamation based on an Avenatti tweet: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4498440-Clifford-v-Davidson-Cohen-Davidson-Clifford.html …pic.twitter.com/4CTsgJOSlg
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Keith Davidson ALSO filed a claim against Michael Cohen, alleging that Cohen's purported recordings of conversations with Davidson violated Davidson's privacy rights under California law. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4498441-Clifford-v-Davidson-Cohen-Davidson-Cohen.html …pic.twitter.com/hiCxDbpZPY
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Why would you move it to Federal Court??
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.... Pardonable? Idek
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This is a civil lawsuit, so it has nothing to do with pardons.
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I did say idek. Can you answer the original question? Why federal Court?
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no puppet. You're the puppet
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More attention seeking
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Good! Right on Stormy!!
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It reads as pretty serious to this layperson. I thought there was also some money sharing between these two mooks?
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Avenatti then ran to MSNBS to call them liars and unethical? Cute, while trying your case in TV (instead of getting admitted in court) and being uncivil and unethical. It’s getting very old. He’ll ask for more money to be donated soon.
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