Avenatti has a mistrial motion pending related to prosecutors' failure to disclose the data to him, and the judge said he can't move forward without determining what information if any exists.
Michael Avenatti and his standby counsel Courtney Cummings Cefali outside the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse on Aug. 20, 2021. Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff/ALM
A federal judge on Friday ordered prosecutors to allow Michael Avenatti access to his law firm's servers so he can search for financial records he's made central to his defense against a wire fraud scheme alleging client embezzlement.
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