STEVE?
STEVE: THANKS, JILLIAN.
THE LAWYER KNOWN FOR BEST
REPRESENTING PORN STAR
STORMY DANIELS AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT ON
$300,000 BOND IN TWO
SEPARATE FEDERAL CASES.
MICHAEL AVENATTI ACCUSED OF
TRYING TO EXTORT MILLIONS
FROM NIKE, BANK AND WIRE
FRAUD AND HE COULD FACE JAIL
OF 100 YEARS.
AINSLEY: HERE TO WEIGH IN ON
THIS IS FOX NEWS JUDICIAL
ANALYST HOST OF LIBERTY FILE
ON FOX NATION JUDGE ANDREW
NAPOLITANO.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
>> THIS SORT OF CAME OUT OF
THE BLUE.
THE EVENTS IN THIS CASE ALL
TOOK PLACE OR THE PRINCIPLE
EVENTS IN THE PAST FOUR OR
FIVE DAYS.
STEVE: THE NIKE CASE?
>> THE NIKE CASE WHERE THE
GOVERNMENT ALLEGES AND IT
HAS TAPE RECORDINGS TO
SUBSTANTIATE MOST OF ITS
ALLEGATIONS, THAT MICHAEL
AVENATTI AND ANOTHER
CELEBRITY LAWYER WHOM SOME
OF US KNOW GERAGOS.
MARK GERAGOS REPRESENTED
THEMSELVES AS HAVING A
CLIENT WHO WAS AWARE OF A
MAJOR FRAUD THAT NIKE WAS
INVOLVED IN.
PAYING PEOPLE TO USE THEIR
SNEAKERS AND GET THEM INTO
CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
AND IF THEY DIDN'T PAY THESE
LAWYERS A LOT OF MONEY,
MEANING PAY THEIR CLIENTS A
LOT OF MONEY, THE SO-CALLED
CLIENT REMAIN SILENT.
THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD A
PRESS CONFERENCE AND DESTROY
NIKE.
THE LANGUAGE THAT WITH IS
USED IN THE EFFORTS TO GET
THIS MONEY OUT OF NIKE IS
FAR MORE THE LANGUAGE OF
EXTORTIONISTS THAN IT IS OF
LAWYERS TRYING TO SETTLE A
CASE.
BRIAN: THEY CALLED THAT A
SHAKEDOWN WITH SUITS.
JUST BECAUSE IS HE WEARING A
SUIT IT'S A CLASSIC
SHAKEDOWN.
JUDGE: RANG WAGE VERY ROUGH
AND AGGRESSIVE.
I CAN'T REPEAT IT HERE.
NOT THE LANGUAGE YOU WOULD
USE IN A CASE LIKE THIS.
IF YOU HAD A CLIENT WHO WAS
REALLY AGGRIEVED YOU WOULD
FILE A COMPLAINT, SHARE IT
WITH THE LAWYERS YOU WERE
ABOUT TO SUE.
YOU WOULDN'T SHOW UP AT THE
OFFICE AND DEMAND A MILLION
FOR YOUR CLIENT 20 MILLION
FOR YOU AND BY THE WAY HIRE
ME SO I CAN WORK FOR YOU.
THIS IS PREPOSTEROUS.
STEVE: WHAT HE WAS
SUGGESTING OR PUTTING OUT
THERE WAS LOOK, IF I COME
OUT AGAINST YOU, YOUR STOCK
IS GOING TO TANK.
AND BECAUSE HE IS SO
FREQUENTLY ON TELEVISION HE
SAYS ESSENTIALLY HE HAS, YOU
KNOW, A GREAT CELEBRITY
PRESENCE.
IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE NUMBER OF TIMES HE
APPEARED ON CABLE NEWS.
>> HOW MANY TIMES IS IT.
STEVE: I'M GLAD YOU ASKED
BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY OF
2018 HE APPEARED 147 TIMES.
74 TIMES ON CNN.
AND 57 TIMES ON MSNBC.
I DO NOT BELIEVE HE APPEARED
ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
BRIAN: TUCKER CARLSON HE
DID.
>> THE FBI SAYS IF WE DON'T
ARREST HIM IMMEDIATELY, HE
MIGHT HOLD THIS PRESS
CONFERENCE AND NIKE STOCK
MIGHT GO DOWN.
I THINK THE STOCK WOULD HAVE
COME BACK UP BUT THAT'S JUST
MY ESTIMATION.
BRIAN: NIKE WOULD BE IN THE
SAME TROUBLE ADIDAS IS.
HE GOT HIT ON THE OTHER
COAST AT THE SAME TIME
BECAUSE OF NOT PAYING TAXES.
CORRECT?
>> WELL, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
AND THE PROSECUTORS CAN DO
THIS AND THEY DO THIS ALL
THE TIME.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
COORDINATED.
A TAX FRAUD CASE IN LOS
ANGELES AND A BANK FRAUD
CASE IN MISSISSIPPI, ALL
THESE THINGS CAME OUT AT THE
SAME DAY.
IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE
BAIL THAT HE POSTED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN NEW
YORK WAS FOR BOTH THE NEW
YORK AND LOS ANGELES CASE.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE MISSISSIPPI CASE.
GERAGOS FACTOR IS
INTERESTING.
HIS NAME DOESN'T APPEAR
ANYWHERE.
THE COMPLAINT AGAINST
AVENATTI SAYS AND OTHER CON
SPIRIT TORES KNOWN AND
UNKNOWN.
HE HASN'T BEEN FORMALLY
CHARGED OR ARRESTED.
MANY OF US WHO KNOW MARK
KNOW HIM TO BE A FIRST RATE
LAWYER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
HERE.
AINSLEY: AVENATTI FACES 100
YEARS BEHIND BARS AND COULD
GET DISBARRED.
>> DISBARRED THE LEAST OF
HIS CONCERNS HE COULDN'T GET
DISBARRED UNTIL AFTER A
CONVICTION OR GUILTY PLEA.
STEVE: AFTER MAKING BOND HE
SAID I WANT TO THANK ALL MY
SUPPORTERS FOR KIND WORDS
AND SUPPORT.
IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
I'M ANXIOUS FOR PEOPLE TO
SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
WE NEVER ATTEMPTED TO EXTORT
NIKE AND WHEN THE EVIDENCE
IS DISCLOSED, THE PUBLIC
WILL LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT
NIKE'S CRIME AND COVERUP.
>> TAPING EVERYTHING HE
SAID.
AND THE EXSEMPTS HE PUT IN
THE COMPLAINT.
BRIAN: TALK ABOUT WHAT A
DESPICABLE CHARACTER HE IS
KEEPING A 4-MILLION-DOLLAR
PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENT
PAYOUT FROM A PAIR
PAYOUT FROM A PARR
PAYOUT FROM A PARAPLEGIC MAN
WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
STORMY DANIELS SAYS HE