Michael Avenatti has been teasing us with information about his role in representing whistleblowers within ICE. He says these people have reached out to him to provide him with information as to what is really going on. Looks like Avenatti is ready to share.
On Thursday, Avenatti announced that he was representing whistleblowers from within ICE.
We are now representing whistleblowers within ICE, outside contractors, etc. They have reached out to us to provide us with info as to what is really going on. We are going to blow this wide open and take the info to the American people so they can decide what happens next.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 21, 2018
The next day, he threw down the gauntlet over Trump’s lies about his family separation policy:
“Phony stories of sadness and grief”?!?!?!?! Why doesn’t Mr. Trump show some guts & join me for the next 5 mother client interviews I conduct about their missing children. Then we can see what he is really made of. In reality, he is weak and ignorant.
Total embarrassment. #Basta— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 22, 2018
Yesterday Avenatti hinted that he had acquired some “explosive information” from the whistleblower. He wanted to ensure it was released “for maximum impact for the public good.”
There are few things more gratifying in my role as an advocate than when a whistleblower trusts me with explosive information (docs, images, etc.) and looks to me to ensure it is released for maximum impact for the public good. Today is another such day. #BuckleUp #Basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 23, 2018
Which brings us to today. This evening, Avenatti sent out a tweet claiming he has been able to get images from inside the facilities for children:
Others have been unsuccessfully trying to gain access to facilities for children for weeks so they could provide images to the American people showing the truth. Because people know that we specialize in protecting whistleblowers and delivering info, we have succeeded…
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 24, 2018
Shortly after, he followed up with this photo, presumably from within a child facility (though he doesn’t say):
This is what Mr. Trump and Mr. Miller's immigration policy really looks like… pic.twitter.com/hmWY1lSWSd
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 24, 2018
According to HillReporter, an anonymous source states that the image was taken at the Cayuga Centre in Harlem, New York. This is the same facility that the press has been camped out at for the last several days, where at least 239 separated children currently reside.
We will update as soon as he releases any more information.
Update June 25, 2018. Avenatti released this video the Rachel Maddow Show as well as these photos.
Exclusive: A foster facility worker tries to get information from a young migrant girl about who she is, how she got to the U.S., and where her mother is. pic.twitter.com/c2HmGMoxsP
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) June 26, 2018
Exclusive images: Inside a facility that serves children who have been taken from their parents by the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” border policy. pic.twitter.com/FB6iORiN4l
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) June 26, 2018
Update June 26, 2018. Avenatti released these photos on Twitter.
This is what Mr. Trump and Mr. Miller's immigration policy really looks like. #Travesty #Basta pic.twitter.com/N6D840q9zg
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 26, 2018
