The former hero of the Democratic Party and the one man who could take down the evil bad orange Donald Trump has just been handed a major loss in court.

Michael Avenatti was just sentenced to 4 years in prison for stealing nearly $300,000 from porn actress Stormy Daniels.

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Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing nearly $300,000 from his former client, adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

District Judge Jesse Furman said Avenatti's conduct was "so brazen and egregious" adding he "took advantage of a vulnerable victim given her unorthodox career and somewhat unorthodox beliefs."

Yeah, the guy that was going to save the Republic from Donald Trump turns out to be a sleazy conman. Who could have guessed!

Avenatti was convicted in February of one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. He faced as much as 20 years on the wire fraud charge and a mandatory two-year sentence for aggravated identity theft.

Avenatti is currently serving a 30-month prison sentence for attempting to extort over $20 million from Nike by threatening to go public with damaging information unless they paid him. He goes on trial next month in California on charges alleging that he embezzled $10 million in settlement funds from at least five clients. He has also been charged with tax fraud and bankruptcy fraud and pleaded not guilty to the charges.

On the heels of the publicity over the hush-money scandal, Avenatti helped Daniels ink a $800,000 book deal. Prosecutors said Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 of the advance by fabricating a letter purportedly from Daniels redirecting payments from the book publisher to an account under Avenatti's control.

Enjoy this compilation of all the media hosts who said Avenatti was the "savior" who would stop Donald Trump!

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