Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti told the women of "The View" that he's flabbergasted how President Donald Trump can attack everyone from world leaders to fellow Republicans, CNN and everyday citizens, yet he hasn't tweeted about Daniels or Avenatti.
"This case is much larger than [Trump being spanked with a magazine]," he explained. "This case is about someone being able to come forward and tell their story. It's about the coverup. It's about the deception, the lies and deceit being told related to this agreement, about what Mr. Trump knew and when he knew it."
Co-host Joy Behar said that it's also about the payoff and the hush-money, to which Avenatti agreed.
"That's what the American people deserve to know, whether they're on the right, the left or in center," he continued. "You deserve the truth."
When Behar remarked Trump hasn't tweeted about any of it, Avenatti noted the absurdity.
"We have a president that will tweet about the most mundane things known to mankind," he said. "There's not been a single tweet calling my client a liar, calling me a liar, or disputing what she said. What does that tell you?"
Co-host Meghan McCain said that when Avenatti put a photo of a DVD on Twitter it made her think there was going to be a sex tape released. He couldn't help but point out the absurdity.
"Anyone that thought we were going to show a sex tape on national television on primetime on CBS hasn't been --" he said, cut off by McCain again asking what the point was. He repeated what he'd said on the Friday evening cable news shows, in which he claimed it was a "warning shot," at attorney Michael Cohen and Trump, if they think he's kidding around.
He went on to say that he's an excellent poker player and he wants to see how it will all play out. He intends to handle it "diligently and surgically."
When the panel inquired about the physical threats to Daniels while she was in Las Vegas, Avenatti said that he's working on finding the identity of the person. However, he noted that at the time this was occurring only three sets of people knew: Daniels and her friends and family, In-Touch magazine and Trump and Cohen.
Behar read some of the more violent things Cohen has said in the past and noted in a previous segment that he sounds like a thug and exhibits "thuggish behavior."
"It could have only come from one place and one place only," Avenatti said. "You touched on this in the last segment. Mr. Cohen has a reputation for engaging in thuggish behavior where he threatens women and he threatens people with violence if they don't do what he and Mr. Trump want. In fact, this is the same Mr. Cohen who said in the same piece, there's no such thing as spousal rape. This is the guy at the right hand of the president of the United States."
Watch the full interview below:
