Michael Avenatti is representing himself at his criminal trial in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday afternoon after what he called a “breakdown” in the relationship between him and his attorneys. The disgraced lawyer made a formal request to Judge Jesse Furman that he be allowed to invoke his constitutional right to represent himself in the case after a brief lunch break Tuesday. During the spiel, Avenatti said there was a “breakdown in the relationship between me and my counsel that goes to the heart of me mounting a defense.”
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