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Imprisoned former CNN demigod Michael Avenatti has come out in support of Donald Trump, telling the NY Post that he's willing to testify on Trump's behalf after being in contact with Trump's legal defense team about his willingness to testify against his former client, Stormy Daniels.

"The defense has contacted me," Avenatti told the Post in a phone call from Terminal Island, a minimum-security federal prison in Los Angeles where he's serving a 19-year sentence for extortion, tax evasion, fraud, embezzlement and other federal crimes.

"I’d be more than happy to testify, I don’t know that I will be called to testify, but I have been in touch with Trump’s defense for the better part of year," Avenatti continued.

According to Avenatti, "Depending on what happens, this could constitute pouring jet fuel on his campaign."

Avenatti captured national attention in 2018 while representing Stormy Daniels, the porn star who alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006, and was paid $130,000 by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen in 2016 in order to allegedly buy her silence.

In November 2018, however, Avenatti's world began imploding after he was booked on charges of domestic violence. Less than 18 months later he was convicted of trying to extort Nike for up to $25 million. And in 2022, he was found guilty of pilfering $300,000 in book advance money from Daniels – and pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax charges in the same month.