Stormy Daniels’s lawyer Michael Avenatti said on Tuesday morning that attorney-client privilege is not dead, as President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE had stated in a tweet earlier in the day.

I use the attorney-client privilege. I know the attorney-client privilege. The attorney-client privilege is a friend of mine. And the attorney-client privilege is not dead. What is dead is using the privilege to hide illegal acts. And that has been dead for a long time. #basta — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 10, 2018

“What is dead is using the privilege to hide illegal acts,” Avenatti wrote in a tweet. “And that has been dead for a long time.”

Earlier on Tuesday morning, President Trump tweeted that “attorney-client privilege is dead” after it was reported that the FBI raided the office and hotel room of Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, on Monday.

Attorney–client privilege is dead! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2018

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The president also called the raid a “witch hunt.”

A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2018

The prosecutors obtained a warrant to search Cohen’s office and hotel after special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE, who is currently investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, gave them a referral.

Avenatti said that the FBI raid shows that Cohen and Trump “are in a lot of trouble” and argued that the raid was part of a “search for the truth” and not a witch hunt.

To those that scoffed when we filed this case and claimed it was all about $: As we predicted and as the FBI raid shows, Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump are in a lot of trouble. It has ALWAYS been about the threats, cover-up and the lies that have been told to the American people. #basta — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 10, 2018

A well-regarded Republican appointed US Atty obtaining valid search warrants, approved by a judge, that are then then carried out by career, upstanding FBI agents doing their job to search for the truth is NOT A WITCH HUNT. Period. #basta — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 10, 2018

Avenatti is representing Daniels as she works to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement she signed with Cohen that was meant to keep her silent about an alleged affair she had with Trump in 2006 in exchange for $130,000.