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Chief recommends firing 2 officers in Stormy Daniels arrest

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In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair 'Venus' in Berlin, Germany. Search warrants unsealed Thursday, Jul 18, 2019, shed new light on President Donald Trump's role as his campaign scrambled to respond to media inquiries about hush money paid to two women who said they had affairs with him. The investigation involved payments Trump's attorney Michael Cohen helped orchestrate to Daniels and Playboy centerfold Karen McDougal. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Stormy Daniels arrest: Columbus police chief recommends firing officers

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The Latest: Documents give details of charges against police

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In this May 28, 2019, file photo, California attorney Michael Avenatti leaves a courthouse in New York following a hearing. Avenatti is due to return to a New York court Tuesday, July 23, 2019, to face charges accusing him of cheating porn star Stormy Daniels out of $300,000 in a book deal. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Michael Avenatti to face judge in Stormy Daniels-related case

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2019 file photo, attorney Michael Avenatti, who is representing an alleged R. Kelly victim, speaks to reporters at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago after the R&amp;B singer entered a not guilty plea to all 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Avenatti has pleaded not guilty to accusations that he defrauded his most famous client, porn star Stormy Daniels. Avenatti appeared before a federal judge in New York on Tuesday, May 28 on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Avenatti pleads not guilty to defrauding Stormy Daniels

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Michael Avenatti speaks to reporters after leaving a courthouse in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, following a hearing where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he defrauded his most famous client, porn star Stormy Daniels. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Latest: Avenatti calls Trump the ‘ultimate goliath’

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Attorney Michael Avenatti leaves a courthouse in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, after pleading not guilty to charges that he defrauded his most famous client, porn star Stormy Daniels. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer, pleads not guilty to defrauding porn star

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Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, left, stands with her lawyer Michael Avenatti as she speaks outside federal court, in New York. Trump's personal attorney wants a federal judge to stop the lawyer for porn actress Daniels from speaking to reporters. An attorney for Michael Cohen filed court papers Thursday night, June 14, 2018, alleging Daniels' lawyer Avenatti is tainting the case. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Michael Avenatti charged with bilking Stormy Daniels

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this April 16, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels, left, stands with her lawyer Michael Avenatti as she speaks outside federal court, in New York. Avenatti, the attorney who rocketed to fame through his representation of Daniels in her battles with President Donald Trump, was charged Wednesday, May 22, 2019, with ripping her off. Federal prosecutors in New York City say Avenatti used a doctored document to divert about $300,000 that Daniels was supposed to get from a book deal, then used the money for personal and business expenses. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Michael Avenatti charged with defrauding Stormy Daniels

By JIM MUSTIAN and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2018, file photo, attorney Michael Avenatti, speaks outside court in New York. Avenatti is expected to appear in federal court on charges he fraudulently obtained $4 million in bank loans and pocketed $1.6 million that belonged to a client. The brash lawyer known for representing adult film star Stormy Daniels has a hearing scheduled Monday, April 1, 2019, in the Orange County city of Santa Ana. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Avenatti confident ‘justice will be done’ in his fraud case

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

R. Kelly, front, leaves the Leighton Criminal Court after a hearing on Friday, March 22, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

Amid legal troubles, Avenatti scrutinized for R. Kelly role

By MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2019, file photo, attorney Michael Avenatti leaves Federal Court after his initial appearance in an extortion case in New York. Avenatti, the trash-talking lawyer who became a household name by representing a porn star and hounding Donald Trump, is now in the legal fight of his life against federal charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen, File)

Michael Avenatti goes from media darling to criminal suspect

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2018 file photo, Michael Avenatti, lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels, speaks outside court in New York. U.S. prosecutors announced Monday, March 25, 2019 they have charged Avenatti with extortion and bank and wire fraud. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles said Avenatti was arrested Monday in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

The Latest: Avenatti expects to be ‘fully exonerated’

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Adult film star Stormy Daniels reads a statement, protesting the Illinois surcharge on live adult entertainment centers, beneath the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the state Capitol, Friday, March 22, 2019 in Springfield, Ill. The actress famous for her alleged affair with Donald Trump before he became president read a two-minute statement before she was whisked off to a local strip club to sign copies of her book. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, says the tax unfairly ties nude dancing to violence against women and that it &quot;takes money out of the g-strings of hardworking young dancers.&quot; (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

Stormy Daniels protests Illinois tax on strip clubs

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels arrives at the adult entertainment fair &quot;Venus&quot; in Berlin. A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against President Donald Trump by porn actress Stormy Daniels that sought to tear up a hush-money settlement about their alleged affair. Judge S. James Otero ruled Thursday, March 7, 2019, in U.S. District Court that the suit was irrelevant after Trump and his former personal lawyer agreed to rescind a nondisclosure agreement Daniels signed in exchange for a $130,000 payment. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Police: Stormy Daniels’ strip club arrest wasn’t political

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair 'Venus' in Berlin, Germany. The chairman of the House oversight committee says ethics officials believe President Donald Trump’s lawyers provided false information about buying the silence of porn actress Stormy Daniels. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Judge S. James Otero tosses Stormy Daniels’ hush-money lawsuit against Donald Trump

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels arrives at the adult entertainment fair &quot;Venus&quot; in Berlin. A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against President Donald Trump by porn actress Stormy Daniels that sought to tear up a hush-money settlement about their alleged affair. Judge S. James Otero ruled Thursday, March 7, 2019, in U.S. District Court that the suit was irrelevant after Trump and his former personal lawyer agreed to rescind a nondisclosure agreement Daniels signed in exchange for a $130,000 payment. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Judge dismisses porn star’s hush money suit against Trump

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

In this April 16, 2018 file photo, adult film actress Stormy Daniels, whose given name is Stephanie Clifford, and her attorney Michael Avenatti talk to reporters outside federal court in New York City. The hundreds of thousands of dollars that Stormy Daniels raised in her legal case against President Donald Trump came from an online crowdfunding site. But the unusual method of online fundraising for legal fees raises transparency questions about who is actually supporting the legal fight. Daniels and her attorney, Michael Avenatti, have raised more than $490,000 on the website CrowdJustice.com. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Fox News editor stopped Stormy Daniels hush-money story prior to 2016 election: Report

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump speak to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington. A federal judge in Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 22, appeared inclined to toss out a lawsuit against Trump by porn actress Stormy Daniels that seeks to tear up a hush-money settlement about their alleged affair. Her attorney Michael Avenatti argued the case should continue because he wanted to take sworn statements from Trump and Cohen. He plans to ask for legal fees. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Porn star’s hush money suit against Trump could be tossed

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels attends the opening of the adult entertainment fair 'Venus' in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Trump lawyers ask judge to toss Stormy Daniels hush money lawsuit

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