Ethan Miller/Getty Images Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, took a victory lap on Tuesday in response to a Wall Street Journal report saying Trump directed his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen and his son Eric Trump to coordinate a legal effort to keep his client quiet. "Once again, we have been proven right," Avenatti told Business Insider in an email. Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, took a victory lap on Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump directed his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen and his son Eric Trump in February to coordinate a legal response to keep Daniels quiet about her allegation of a 2006 affair with the president. "Once again, we have been proven right," Avenatti told Business Insider in an email.