Ingraham on Media Treating Michael Avenatti Like an ‘Analyst’: They’re ‘Embarrassing Themselves’
Laura Ingraham blasted Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti for being the source of the recent “bombshell” reporting about Michael Cohen.
While disclosing Cohen’s ties to a Russian oligarch, other documents he had obtained linking President Trump‘s personal lawyer to other entities were actually the wrong Michael Cohens.
Ingraham mocked Avenatti for issuing “mistruths” as well as his claim the “fact” that the FBI wiretapped Cohen leading up to the raids.
“There has been quite a few- have been quite a few mistruths stated by Michael Avenatti, who was brought onto some of these other networks, as almost like an analyst. They almost forget that he’s representing a client. And instead, he says something and then the chyron’s, Trump, Cohen Bombshell, Russian oligarch’ without almost looking into the details,” Ingraham told the panel. “It’s wild.”
Fox News contributor Byron York expressed skepticism about the importance of Cohen’s ties to the oligarch since Robert Mueller‘s investigators “farmed” it over to the attorneys in the Southern District of New York. Ingraham added that the company in question was “American-led” and “American-run” and joked that if you ordered a “White Russian” at a restaurant, you’re “part of the collusion.”
“I think it hurts the case,” Ingraham continued. “I think it’s really shortsighted for the media to take almost everything this guy says as gospel and I think they are embarrassing themselves every night on this.”
Ingraham also mocked Avenatti for “bragging” about his media blitz on CNN.
Watch the clip above, via Fox News.
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