mr. avenatti.n four years later client one is still waiting to receive his portion of the settlement. as it turns out, within months after receiving the settlement proceeds in early 2015, mr. avenatti had drained the entire $4 million payment from his trust account using significant portions of these funds to finance his coffee business, his auto racing enterprise and his own personal lifestyle. from july 2015 through last month, mr. avenatti made periodic payments of no more than $1,900 to client one and paid his rent at various assisted living facilities, calling these expenditures, quote, unquote, advanced on the settlement. according to the indictment mr. avenatti also undermined client one's efforts to buy a house for himself. mr. avenatti assured client one that he could use the money from the settlement to buy the property, but mr. avenatti later falsely told client one that the settlement was not available because the county had not yet approved a trust for the disabled client. the house cl

tonight, the man's lawyer saying avenatti's actions "have left mr. johnson destitute." avenatti, who is already facing extortion charges in new york, has been characteristically defiant, denying all of the allegations. >> i will be fully exonerated and justice will be done. thank you. >> matt gutman with us live tonight outside federal court. and matt, michael avenatti is now facing this second wave of charges tonight. if convicted, what kind of prison time could he face? >> reporter: an enormous amount, david. if convicted on all of those charges, he faces a combined maximum of nearly 400 years. that is a life sentence. and tonight, we are told that the prosecutor's office is aware of additional victims and it is possible we might see additional indictments. tonight, avenatti weighing in again, saying he denies all of the allegations and saying he is innocent. david? >> matt gutman with us live tonight. matt, thank you. >>> next tonight, to the huge outpouring in los angeles for slain rap star and activist nipsey hussle. what's being called a celebration of life is now

the man's lawyers saying avenatti's actions have left mr. johnson destitute. enatti, who is already facing extortion charges in new york, has been characteristically defiant, denying all of the allegations. >> i will be fully exonerated, and justice will be done. thank you. >> reporter: if convicted on all of those charges, avenatti faces a combined maximum of nearly 400 years in prison. that is a life sentence. and tonight we are told that the prosecutor's office is aware of additional victims and additional indictments are possible. now avenatti again denying all of these allegations saying he's innocent. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to matt gutman there. >>> the city of chicago has made good on its promise to sue actor jussie smollett. the city is seeking to recoup the costs of investigating smollett's claims that he was the victim of a racist anti-gay attack. chicago claims it spent more than $130,000 in police overtime. the civil suit against smollett says chicago is seeking at least three times that amount. smollett is refusing to pay

mr. avenatti's financial house of cards from collapsing. >> avenatti has been very active on social media today to respond to this indictment. in one tweet he wrote, i intend to fully fight all charges. i like forward to the truth being known as opposed to the one-sided version. his next court date is april 29. >> shepard: thanks, jeff. michael avenatti! in trouble. >> seems to me when all the media appearances were going on and the hysteria, many lawyers like myself are like what is this guy doing? this is not the way lawyers perform and handle their cases. it's more about getting money. i have seen and prosecuted unfortunately lawyers, not many of them, but a few that are getting into financial trouble so they do wheeling. they're taking in money from clients that's supposed to go to them. that's our obligations as attorneys. rather they're using it for their personal life or pay off other clients that they scam from and committing tax fraud and not to mention the fact that they're stealing their clients funds. mr. avenatti has charges against him in multiple jurisdictions and here's th

mr. avenatti was doing, was stealing from peter to pay paul. >> americans deserve to know the truth about -- >> a lawyer usually on the attack. avenatti is now on the defensive, referring nbc news to his tweets. he will plead not guilty and fight all charges. a self described fighter for the people, he is in a battle for his own freedom. if convicted on of the charges mere in los angeles, he faces a maximum prison sentence on of 335 years in prison. which is an additional french potential years. so, essentially, he is facing life behind francis. >> thank you. >> congresswoman omar in the center of another controversy. they say, she misspoke at an event last month where she made comments about the september 11th terrorist attacks. >> for more on the backlash and the congress woman's response. we go to casey hunt. >> she is under fire again. after telling the council on american islamic relations known as care that the worst terror attack on american soil was "some people did something." >> care was founded after 9/11, because they recognize a that some people did something and that all of

mr. avenatti.han four years later, client one is still waiting to receive his portion of the settlement. as it turns out, within months after receiving the settlement proceeds in early 2015, mr. avenatti had drained the entire $4 million payment from the trust account, using significant portions of funds to finance his coffee business, his auto racing enterprise, and his own personal life-style. >> now, the client they're referring to, name is jeffrey johnson. michael avenatti responded to the accusations saying he is not guilty of any of these things and he should be given what all americans are given, innocence before he is proven guilty. he has said any claim that money is due clients is bogus nonsense. that's what he treated out. he says by the way, he has an example that he put out to his twitter followers. look, here's a document mr. johnson signed less than a month ago attesting to my ethics. there you have it. but that client, his attorney says that document just shows he was defrauded. he

mr. avenatti. trish: he's going to say this is political.hat? >> i would say, again, that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. everybody knows to file their that tax returns and, certainly, a lawyer. embezzling money from his clients is one of the most egregious things a lawyer can do. trish: yeah. no, i know. when i heard that one, so, again, we'll see if it's true. but i guess he'll have his day in court. or maybe he won't, because maybe he'll strike that plea deal, per your advice, sidney, and spend a little time behind bars. is that what he's facing? how much time in prison? >> he's finish oh, he's facing the rest of his life in prison. trish: yeah. wow. incredible. thank you -- hey, before i go, what do you think about attorney general barr real quick? i just have 20 seconds, and this spygate -- >> i'm very encouraged. i think he's a man of great integrity who believes in the rule of law, and that's exactly what we need right now. trish: sidney, it's good to have to you here. >> thank you. trish: all right. coming up,

mr. avenatti was doing was essentially in many cases stealing from peter to pay paul. >> americans deserve to know the truth. >> reporter: a lawyer usually on the attack, avenatti is now on the defensive referring nbc news to his tweets to i intend to fully fight all charges and plead not guilty. a self-described fighter for the people, tonight battle for his own freedom. if convicted of the charges here in los angeles, michael avenatti faces a maximum sentence of 335 years in prison. that does not include the extortion charges against nike in new york. that's an additional 47 years. so, savannah, essentially he's facing the possibility of life behind bars. >> miguel almaguer, thank you. >>> breaking news tonight, a former top official in the obama administration has been indicted as part of the russia investigation. white house correspondent kristen welker joins us. and, kristen, this is after mueller wrapped up his work. >> reporter: savannah, that's right. greg craig former white house counsel to president obama is the first prominent democrat to be charged in the russia investigation.

mr. avenatti had drained the entire $4 million payment from his trust account. using significant portions of these funds to finance his coffee business, his auto racing enterprise, and his own personal lifestyle. >> reporter: the new indictment expands on the charges he is facing in new york. if found guilty, he could get over 300 years in federal prison. on wednesday, authorities seedsed the jet he co-owned. prosecutors claum h paud for the jet with stole. money from clients. in new york, he's accused of trying to extort million from nike. he's scheduled to be arraigned on april 29th. zachary kiesch, abc news, new york. >>> it was an emotional final good-bye to murdered rap star nipsey hussle. thousands of people lined the procession. the hearse stopped in front of his clothing store, where he was shot nearly two weeks ago. earlier, his mother and brother offered eulogies as a sold-out memorial service. his fiance also addressed the crowd. >> we lost an incredible soul. we lost someone very rare to us. and we lost a real one. and we won't ever be the same. >> s

mr. michael avenatti had drained the entire $4 million payment from his trust account.significant portions of these funds to finance his coffee business, his auto racing enterprise, and his own personal lifestyle. >> reporter: so you hear there what the prosecutors are saying about that one case. there are several others in the millions of dollars. michael avenatti has responded as you might imagine. he responded on twitter. here is what he said about that particular case, zoning in and honing in on that case, any claim that any money was miss handled is bogus nonsense by way of example, there are many more like this. here is a document mr. johnson signed less than a month ago attesting to my ethics and how this case was handled. and he includes a document that has the signature of the client who was a paraplegic who won the $4 million settlement. i just got off the phone with that client's new attorney, he said well actually michael should have read through the indictment because that piece of paper is also part of this case. he said that mr. avenatti went to the clien

mr. avenatti had drained the entire $4 million payment from his trust account. significant portions of these funds to finance his coffee business, his auto racing enterprise, and his own personal lifestyle. >> avenatti says he intends to plead not guilty to federal charges. he was named in a scheme to extort $120 million from nike. >>> the blizzard that struck from the rockies to the plains has now turned deadly. we'll have the latest for you, next. postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. audible members know listening has the power to change us make us better parents, better leaders, better people. and ther

mr. avenatti. reporter: avenatti is also facing extortion charges in new york. around the shoe company nike. authorities saying avenatti tried to get nike to pay him millions of dollars so he wouldn't reveal allegations that nike allegedly paid off high school basketball players. back out here in california, federal prosecutors tell us if he is convicted on the fraud charges he faces up to 50 years in federal prison. connell: wow, what a turn for this guy in the last week or so jeff paul, thank you, sir. >> calling for more regulation. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg says the government needs to pay a greater role policing the internet. perfect. what it could mean for you and your privacy. that is coming up. >>> the party of health care, republicans taking on health care. we'll talk to a gop congressman, bruce wester man, who vows he has a viable solution. we'll test it next. brighthouse smartcare℠ is a hybrid life insurance and long-term care product. it protects your family while providing long-term care coverage, should you need it. so you can explore all the am

mr. avenatti had drained the entire $4 million of the payment from his trust account using the funds to fundis coffee business, auto racing enterprise and his own personal lifestyle. >> reporter: michael avenatti defending himself. he hoens in on one particular charge, the charge that he stole millions for any of his clients. he tweets a photo of a signature by the client saying that avenatti did a great job for him. as it turns out, that man's new attorney said that his client was tricked as late as march of this year, that avenatti showed up at his home and that he was fg to get trained. they signed the document so happy with the way he was represented. he didn't know that avenatti had already received those funds in 2015 according to prosecutors. we're sure to hear more in the coming days. sara sidner, cnn, los angeles. >>> huge crowds turned out in los angeles thursday to honor the slain musician nipsy hussle. mourners jammed the streets to say farewell for a man being remembered not just for his music but his activism. snoop dogg and barack obama sent a condolence letter. a long-time fr

mr. avenatti would face a statutory maximum sentence of 333 years in federal prison plus a mandatory two for an identity theft count. >> reporter: we should also note this is all in addition to the separate filing in new york where investigators accuse avenatti of trying to extort nike. he is scheduled to be arraigned on this indictment april 29. >> dana: has avenatti responded at all? >> reporter: oh yeah. he's been very active today on social media. in fact, he tweeted where he wrote, i intend to fully fight all charges and plead not guilty. i look forward to the entire truth being known as opposed to a one sided version. also tweeted he is entitled to a full presumption of innocence. in regards to the mentally paraplegic man, avenatti tweeted a picture of a typed up statement he said the client signed calling avenatti's work ethical and honest. dana >> dana: jeff paul, thank you very much from los angeles. next, a sex sting with the final four. police used the suspects as agents posing as minors. when they went to the arranged meeting places, police were waiting. 60 people arrested an

mr. avenatti received the full settlement amount. of legal hurt, barely a month after he was arrested for allegedly trying to shake down nike for up to $25 million, he's been indicted by the federal grand jury in california on some 36 counts, including embezzling a paraplegic, lying to authorities, withholding payroll taxes, attempting to obstruct the irs, failing to file tax returns, aggravated identity fraud, bank fraud, false testimony under oath during bankruptcy. if found guilty on all of these charges, he would be in jail for 350 years. or life. >>> meantime, bernie sanders said the campaign is looking to provide medicare for all, and is welcoming a fight with the president over something, at least bernie sanders has said he had welcomed that would be open to some years ago. a former member of president obama's economic recovery advisory board joins us right now, fox news contributor, wall street titan robert wolf. good to have you. >> great to see you. thanks for having me on. neil: let me get your take on sanders. he was talki

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mr. avenatti would face the maximum statutory plus the consecutive two-year term for identity theft. >> marthas, 61 page indictment by a federal grand jury who has looked at this case in california that alleges he started paying both personal and business taxes for several years, committed bank fraud, lied in bankruptcy proceedings, and stole millions of dollars from five of his clients, including a mentally ill paraplegic man who says he kept $4 million away from him. he maintains his innocence. he is tweeting that he has many powerful enemies and promising in court to fully fight all of these charges and plead not guilty. also faces charges of extortion, fraud in a separate case in the nike case. here, howard kurtz. good to have you here tonight. this is an amazing story to watch unfold. nobody knew anything about michael avenatti, never heard his name. suddenly you couldn't get away from him. pretty much everywhere. now this stunning indictment out of california. >> martha: i guess this is going to hurt his nonexistent campaign. as you demonstrated with those clips, the reason it's getting

mr. avenatti had drained the entire $4 million payment from his trust account. using significant portions of these funds to finance his coach business, his auto racing enterprise, and his own personal lifestyle. >> avenatti says he attends to plead not guilty to federal charges. last month he was named in a scheme to extort as much as $25 million from nike. >>> ahead, the blizzard that struck from the rockies, all the way to the plains has turned deadly. the latest is next. i'm working to keep the fire going for another 150 years. ♪ to inspire confidence through style. ♪ i'm working to make connections of a different kind. ♪ i'm working for beauty that begins with nature. ♪ to treat every car like i treat mine. ♪ at adp we're designing a better way to work, so you can achieve what you're working for. ♪ here's the story of green mountain coffee roasters costa rica paraÍso. meet sergio. and his daughter, maria. sergio's coffee tastes spectacular. because costa rica is spectacular. so we support farmers who use natural compost. to help keep the soil healthy. and the

mr. avenatti simply took the money to finance his businesses and his personal expenses. >> investigators say he used money that wasn't his to fuel a lavish lifestyle that had no limits. in addition to allegedly stealing from clients, authorities also accuse him of perjury as well as submitting bogus tax documents and not paying taxes for years. >> are special agents use their unique talents to uncover a tangled, financial web of lies. >> avenatti fired back on twitter writing, quote, i fully intend to fight all charges and plead not guilty. i look forward to the entire truth in known instead of a one-sided version meant to side like me. he will be arraigned on this latest indictment april 29th. he also faces several charges when he's accused trying to extort shoe company nike. >> bret: jeff, thanks. up next, a major spring storm called a bomb cycle them on loans on the midwest. we'll take you there. fox eight new orleans in connection of suspicious fires at three historic black churches in southern louisiana. 21-year-old holden matthey was taken into custody last night pete he's been cha

mr. avenatti drained the entire $4 million payment from his trust account using significant portions of the funds to finance his coffee business, his auto racing enterprise and his own personal lifestyle. >> reporter: michael shot back saying he's not guilty of any charges against him and claims that moneys due to his clients are bogus. we should mention that with all of the charges and that's just in california. he faces up to 335 years in prison. that doesn't include the case that the sdny has against him which involves nike where they have said he tried to extort nike. >> my gosh. sara sidner, thank you for explaining that to us. >>> all right. he is not officially in the race yet. but pete buttigieg is surging in some new polls. we discuss those next. there are people out there who see things others can't. they're the ones who see a city that make those who live in it feel a little safer. who see the efficient shape and design of the ocean's wonders as the future of aerodynamics. at dell technologies, we see it too. if you'd like to transform your business, talk to us. and we'll show th

mr. avenatti received money on behalf of clients, misappropriated the money and lied to the clients. >> withat he faces up to 335 years in prison. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >>> good morning everyone welcome to your "new day," it is friday, april 12th, 8:00 now in the east. cnn has learned that the w

mr. avenatti's financial house of cards from collapsing. >> nawaz: avenatti said he wl plead not guilty to the charges. he could face up to 333 years in prison if convicted on all 36 counts. avenatti had already been arrested last month in new york for allegedly trying to extort $25 million from nike. a 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection to arsons at three black churches in louisiana. officials confirmed today the suspect, holden matthews, is the son of a sheriff's deputy in rural st. landry parish. the churches-- each more than0 ars old-- were set on fire between march 26 and april 2.ie no injwere reported. today, the state's fire marshal declared the community is safe again. >> this investigation is one of the most unique in my 33 years, in that this was an attack on a. house of g though the spirit is still strong, the landmark has been destroyed. >> nawaz: matthews faces three charges of simple arson on religious building each count carries a maximum sentence of 15 years. the governor of ohio has signed one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bills into law. it bans t

mr. avenatti received money on behalf of clients, misappropriated the money and lied to the clients. >> with all of these charges that he faces up to 335 years in prison. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >>> good morning everyone welcome to your "new day," it is friday, april 12th, 8:00 now in the east. cnn has learned that the white house was considering an extreme idea to deal with detained migrants at the u.s./mexico border. a source says that president trump personally pushed his ousted homeland security secretary to release undocumented migrants into so-called sanctuary cities as retaliation against his political foes. that source tells cnn that kirstjen nielsen resisted that plan. >>> also just in, it's friday, we are, in fact, getting official word that it is friday which means that there could be a friday news dump. there's no bigger news in the world right now, possible, than the release of the mueller report. it could come as soon as today. this would be the early nd of the time frame provided by the attorney general william barr so we are waiti

mr. avenatti. the main thing is, these are kind of simple document cases. there's not a giant terrabyte full of discovery to plow through. there will be a paper trail, a fairly easy paper trail for a jury to understand. in the new york case, some recordings to make that even worse for him. they are probably fairly tight cases. >> mike block here. which of these cases is the most -- is he facing the most say punishment for? what's the most serious thing here in terms of, you know, credibility to anything he's involved with? is it nike, is it the irs? what is it here? >> it's a great question, because it's a little hard to say. i would say two things. one, extortion typically is going to be viewed as the more serious offense because there's an element of violence to it, an element of threat to that. so the new york case has that going for it. it's probably a pretty compelling case in terms of the paper trail and the recordings. but all of these cases are also driven by loss amount, by how much money was involved, and that can include the attempt, not just the

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mr. avenatti was doing essentially in many cases, stealing from peter to pay paul. >> reporter: calling himself crusader for justice -- >> americans deserve to know the truth. >> reporter: avenatti referred nbc news to his tweet the proclaiming his innocence. i intend to fully fight all charge ands plead not guilty. this high profile attorney in the spotlight again, but now in a battle to save himself. >>> if convicted here in los angeles, avenatti could be sentenced up to a maximum of 335 years in prison, so essentially he could be looking at a life sentence. this new laundry list of charges is incredibly damaging. craig and savannah, back to you guys. >> miguel almaguer in los angeles, thank you. >> also this morning we are learning more about a stunning arrest in a string of church fires in louisiana. new details are emerging about the suspect who is the son of a local sheriff's deputy. how he was tracked down and how music may have motivated him. nbc's gabe arggutierrez has bee following this one. good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. they recently opened the scene back up and the

mr. avenatti's financial house of cards from collapsing. >> reporter: in one case jeffrey johnson, a paraplegic man, won a $4 million settlement from l.a. county. the indictment claiming avenatti hid that money from his client for years, giving johnson just enough for rent at an assisted living facility. if convicted, he could face up to 335 years in prison. avenatti is also facing federal charges in new york, accused of trying to extort millions of dollars from nike. and avenatti is also firing back on twitter saying, quote, i intend to fully fight all charges and plead not guilty, but a long legal battle ahead for him. >> for sure. whit, thank you. >>> we turn now to new developments in the jussie smollett saga. overnight the city of chicago officially sued the embattled h ,jussie what about an apology? >> reporter: after being largely out of the public eye, "empire" star jussie smollett appeared this week vacationing in hawaii, a world away in chicago, the city formally filing a civil complaint against smollett after his refusal to reimburse the city for what it says are more than $130,000 i

another case from authorities say michael avenatti received millions in a case for a client but the next day, a private jett authorities say have now seized. >> mr money to finance businesses and personal expenses. >> investigator say he was money that was not his to fuel a lavish lifestyle that had no limits and in addition to stealing from clients come authorities also accused him of perjury as well as submitting bogus tax documents are not paying taxes for years. >> arab special agents use unique talent to untangle financial web of lies. >> jeff: he fired back on twitter writing, and tend to fully fight all charges and plead not guilty. i look forward to the entire truth being known as opposed to one side of version meant to sideline me. >> jeff: he will be arraigned april 29th and faces several charges in new york where he iso extort shoe company nike company. >> shannon: jeff paul, thank you. ♪ all right, pretty pretty much unknown mayor of south bend judge getting significant attraction with caucus goers in iowa in the latest 2020 pole. searching up to 9% though joe biden leads with 27% even though not officially in the race. bernie sander

michael avenatti often criticized the president for not releasing his tax returns. >> where are donald trump's tax returns. >> w allege mr. michael avenatti was essentially in many cases stealing promer to pay paul. >> reporter: calling himself a crusader for justice -- >> americans deserve to know the truth. >> reporter: he referred nbc news to his tweets proclaiming innocence. i intend to fully fight all charges and ple not guilty. this high-profile attorney in the spotlight again. but now in a battle to save himself. >> and miguel reports that these charges could potentially cause avenatti to face -- significant prison time if convicted. >>> the town of middleberg is gearing up fore day tomorrow. when many in the town will come together to clean up the city of middleberg. this year is special. the town is celebrating the succesf a year-long effort to keep cigarette butts off the streets. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver takes a look. >> reporter: historic middleburg, like maybry, the mayor said. buried inbutts, thousands of them. not just an eye sore but also a health hazard. >> every year hundreds of th

mr. maggots had told her he had given michael avenatti her phone number and mr. of chicago still suing jussie smollett for $130,000, the cost of overtime for that investigation. where all the charges against him were dropped after he paid a fine. brian: looks like his broadway debut with the lost lead role with tony winning drama take me out amid the ongoing battle. this guy is off his series, the fox series. and now he is off the broadway show. so, i don't know if his career is going to get back on track. it's hard to imagine, too. she looked at him as washed up? i think he is in his 20's. steve: revealed after she said she was recused not recused. ainsley: government phones, that's how they were able to get those text messages. jillian? jillian: i'm sure that's far from over. we will keep you updated on that. a federal appeals court throws out years of rulings against the master mind behind the "u.s.s. cole" bombing. the panel rolling that the military judge improperly presided over the trial while looking for a job with the justice department. now the open cas

mr. williamson. >> michael avenatti, thank you for joining us >> thank you >> we appreciate hearing your side of thery. we did reach out to duke university and in a statement, the director of athletics said, we are aware of the allegation and as we would with any compliance matter are looking into it, duke is fully committed to compliance with all ncaa rules, every student athlete at duke is reviewed to ensure their eligibility with regard to men's basketball all recruits and authorities are vetted through eligibility centers, amateur ic., certification process. this is a complicated one, adidas has been charged with a similar accusation here. i think the outrage that michael avenatti is trying to create publicly is not there, the adidas scandal kind of came and went, and meantime, nike has not been accused of anything >> you could argue there isn't a level of public outrage. it seems like noise around an ongoing issue, which is the fact that you have this massive business attached to college athletes it seems like another kind of story related to that, not -- >> right up next, going public again. o

mr. president, we don't love the direction you're taking us in. your congressman peter king told cnn, let me pull it up, i just wish the president had ridden the victory wave longer from mueller to avenatti. now we're talking about, you know, the border. other people talking about health care. we're on the defense. we should be on the offense. is he right? >> you know, the president's move last week in what was arguably the best couple of days of his presidency when the mueller report came out and michael avenatti was arrested and indicted, his move to switch the conversation to health care, which has historically been a losing issue for republicans, really befuddled a lot of his republican allies on capitol hill. i think peter king, i don't know if he's right, but he's certainly voicing what most republicans on the hill were feeling, including republican leaders mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy who privately expressed their frustrations to the president who quickly turned from a winning issue for him, the summary of the mueller report, to a losing one, health care. >> eliana johnson, thank you. nice to have you. >> thank you. >>> still to come, will the president make good on his thre