The Smoking Gun on Attorney Keith Davidson - Wowzers!

[blogslut]

This guy had his hand in all sorts of shakedowns. Tuck in kids, because this article from TSG is long, thorough and salacious as hell. Michael Cohen, TMZ, Stormy Daniels, Charlie Sheen, Hulk Hogan and threats to smear the author and his employers and that's just a teensy bit of so much wrongness:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/investigation/keith-davidson-profile-907453

APRIL 4 --Who is Keith Davidson?

Until he negotiated financial settlements for a Playboy Playmate and a porn star who separately claimed affairs with a married Donald Trump, the Beverly Hills lawyer was a low-profile Los Angeles attorney whose solo practice operated from a small sublet office in a Wilshire Boulevard building.

But news of the six-figure payouts Davidson arranged in the weeks before the 2016 presidential election for model Karen McDougal and adult actress Stephanie “Stormy Daniels” Clifford have stripped the 46-year-old attorney of his anonymity. Now swamped with interview requests from journalists nationwide, Davidson has watched as his professionalism has come under attack and his e-mails, retainer agreements, and billing records related to the McDougal and Clifford deals have been leaked to the press.

The payments to McDougal ($150,000) and Clifford--whose $130,000 came via Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney--have prompted the filing of complaints with the Federal Election Commission that contend the hush money amounted to improper in-kind contributions to the Trump campaign. Additionally, two Democratic representatives have asked the FBI to investigate the legality of “monetary payments to silence women alleging affairs with Mr. Trump.”

Davidson is no longer counsel for McDougal or Clifford, both of whom fired him and now complain of being dissatisfied with his representation and the restrictive nature of the settlements he negotiated on their behalf. The two women, Davidson told TSG, are the only clients he has represented in connection with legal claims against Trump...

[jberryhill]

1. You know

Davidson and Cohen could have been primarily interested in getting money out of Trump. Since Davidson was clearly paid on percentage, it would be in his interest to maximize payouts. Davidson’s “clients” may just have been fuel for the machine.

[blogslut]

2. Dude read this thing

I'm not denying your theory but OMG. This guy as involved in so many cases, with so many players. I was just going to skim it but I spent an hour reading the whole damned thing!

[jberryhill]

3. Yeah, Ive posted about Davidson before

Everybody’s got their specialty. His is monetizing embarrassing information.

Got a big $ sexual harassment claim? Call Bloom or Allred.

Got some dirt on someone? Call Davidson. You do a lot of work in one area, and you become known as “that lawyer that deals with that stuff.” It doesn’t require a conspiracy, just a good referral network.

I’ll bet some of my colleagues are saying right now “Hmmm, I should get in on that racket.” Heck, I could probably name some of my colleagues thinking that.

Come to think of it, I could think of a few people to refer. You think Davidson pays a finders fee? This thing is pretty good advertising for anyone needing a clownselor at law.

[blogslut]

6. I am sorry I missed your post.

Did it go into how TMZ used to refer tipsters to Davidson? Did it talk about the FBI sting involving Davidson and Hulk Hogan, concerning the case that got Gawker shut down? Did it talkng about Davidson was the guy that bought the contents of Paris Hilton's storage locker and charged users $39.95 to view the stuff inside?

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. "a clownselor at law. a clownselor at law"

Good one!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Looks like we've found the real Saul Goodman.

[dawg day]

5. Avanatti as much as accused him of being in collusion with Cohen-

The two of them working together secretly to get money from both sides (like McDougall AND David Pecker/Enquirer), selling out their clients.

[Sancho]

7. Is the FBI watching Davidson...?

[Hekate]

8. Off to read it now...

Thanks, blogslut

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. We are gonna need a bigger book.

and movie, when all is said and done. This has to be a mini-series.

[Volaris]

10. This debacle of a pResidential expierement will need five seasons on Netflix, girrrl.

People will still be writing Masters Thesis' on this shit in 50 years.