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A Nutty Avenatti Week

How did the lawyer go from a rising political star to being hated by both the left and right?

Lawyer Michael Avenatti Arrested In New York For Nike Extortion

Michael Avenatti was charged this week with trying to extort Nike for millions of dollars (1:59). How did the lawyer go from a rising political star to being hated by both the left and right (6:46)? Also, Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, settled a case the state of Oklahoma had brought against them for allegedly igniting the opioid crisis with the creation of OxyContin (19:49).