CBS legal analyst: Trump 'will get deposed' because of Stormy's 'stellar' legal work and Cohen's 'bad lawyering'

CBS legal analyst Rikki Klieman on Wednesday praised court filings which call on President Donald Trump to be deposed over an alleged affair with Stephanie Clifford, an adult film star who goes by the name Stormy Daniels.

After Clifford's attorney, Michael Avenatti, filed the motions in Los Angeles overnight, Klieman described the court documents as "stellar" legal work.

"I think the president may well get deposed," Klieman explained on CBS This Morning. "The amended complaint filed on Monday afternoon, followed by this filing in the early morning hours, these are stellar filings. They are based in fact. They are based in law. They are based in precedent."

Klieman argued that the entire scandal could have been avoided if Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, was a better lawyer.

"Clearly, this could have been avoided," she insisted. "I lay all of this at the feet of Michael Cohen. From the very beginning."

According to Klieman, Cohen is guilty of "bad lawyering and bad fixing."

"Michael Cohen is no Michael Clayton," she quipped, referring to a George Clooney movie character. "It was a bad fix when you first start. When you go in terms of the lawyering, once he starts making public statements and he does allegedly defame her by not know if her statement is true of false, he then gives Michael Avenatti an avenue to get a jury trial, which wasn't there before. And damages."

"So now, Michael Avenatti has an endgame," Klieman concluded. "He has damages he's looking for Stormy Daniels."

Watch the video below from CBS.