Stormy Daniels’ Ex-Attorney Accuses Key Trump Trial Witness of Lying

Michael Avenatti issued a social media post from a prison in California.

Attorney Michael Avenatti arrives at federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., on April 1, 2019. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

A former lawyer for Stormy Daniels on Thursday accused a key witness in President Donald Trump’s so-called “hush money” trial of lying.

Michael Avenatti, who represented Ms. Daniels against President Trump before he was sentenced to 19 years in prison on various charges, targeted lawyer Keith Davidson in a post on social media, claiming that he tried to extort the former president along with Ms. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.