Quotes from Michael Avenatti

The kind of work I do, there's usually a lot of money on the line; there are jobs on the line. It's not a world that lends itself to everyone being friendly all the time. We're certainly not sitting around holding hands singing 'Kumbaya.'

Part of the problem is that we don't have enough Democrats that will actually stand toe-to-toe with this bully Donald Trump and fight for the rights and values of this republic.

Anybody that says I don't have any experience in immigration cases doesn't know what the hell they're talking about.

Frankly, I am shocked at the complete level of incompetence exhibited by lawyer after lawyer for Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump.

Donald Trump is either going to resign, he's going to be removed from office by impeachment, or I'm going to beat him in 2020. But one way or the other, he's not going to serve a second term.

I'm a mercenary. That's what people hire me for, and I don't apologize for it.

I ended up working on over 150 political campaigns in 42 states; over a third of those were for Republicans. I want to be clear about that. Approximately two-thirds were for Democrats, so, I worked on both sides of the aisle, across the United States.

Just like there is nothing wrong with calling out unethical attorneys, there is nothing wrong with calling out unethical journalists.

I'm not an expert on journalistic standards. I want to be clear on that.

Women face a very, very difficult time when they run for higher elected office, unfortunately, especially against a guy like Donald Trump.

I don't generally go after people offensively, but if somebody comes after me, I will absolutely meet them every step of the way and then some, no question.

I think that if the Democratic Party focuses on nominating who will make the best president, that's going to be a critical mistake. There's only one question at the end of the day, and that question is, Can the potential nominee beat Donald Trump?

I'm not under obligation to provide information to everyone that wants it when they want it.

Donald Trump - you can say a lot of negative things about him, and I do, and I think he's completely unprepared for the office, and he lacks the fabric to lead this nation, but if there's one thing that he understands, it's branding and how to navigate the media.

Initially, I was very skeptical about getting involved because I, much like many Americans, had preconceived notions about Stormy Daniels and her motivations and what she is all about.

This argument that somehow I'm chasing the limelight is a bunch of nonsense, and it's offensive - highly offensive - to me.

You can't go into Youngstown, Ohio, and tell everybody they're going to be retrained and go work for Google or Apple.

I think I've always acted confident, even at times I haven't been confident.

I can be aggressive at times. I didn't get to where I am by being a pushover, O.K.?

When you have a white male making the arguments, they carry more weight... Should they carry more weight? Absolutely not. But do they? Yes.

I've been fighting for Davids versus the Goliaths for 18 years, my entire career.

(...) I am a truth teller I'm on the side of the justice and the rule of law. I've been a lawyer for a very long time, (...). The only reason I'm against this president right now is because he finds himself on the wrong side of the law consistently.

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Michael Avenatti's message to Donald Trump supporters: Open your eyes and realize that you've been coned but we don't blame you.