Michael Avenatti, an attorney for adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, called the complaint “baseless, improper and sanctionable.” (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News)Lawyers for Michael Cohen on Wednesday accused an attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels of distributing false information about their client and asked a federal judge to deny his request to participate in a litigation in New York about a federal criminal investigation involving President Trump’s longtime attorney. Michael Avenatti, an attorney for Daniels, had asked to participate in the New York case as he pursues a lawsuit in California against Cohen and Trump. Cohen’s lawyers argued that some of the transactions described in the dossier related to other people with the name Michael Cohen — including a Canadian citizen and a man who resides in Israel. Columbus Nova has confirmed that it had hired Cohen as a consultant but has denied any involvement by Vekselberg. Cohen’s lawyers have sought to restrict prosecutors’ access to the seized material, arguing much of it was probably confidential communications between Cohen and his legal clients.

Source: Washington Post May 10, 2018 01:31 UTC