Avenatti Draws on Ukraine Scandal to Say He Too Is Trump Target

(Bloomberg) -- Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti told a New York judge that Donald Trump’s Ukraine debacle is further evidence that the president uses the power of the federal government to target his political enemies.Avenatti, who gained fame as the Trump-bashing lawyer for pornographic-film actress Stormy Daniels, said in a court filing Thursday that Trump “overtly uses and encourages the Department of Justice to target his enemies and act as his own personal law firm.”Prose