LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 31: Attorney Michael Avenatti listens to a question during a news conference with Battle Born Progress, a progressive communications organization, on August 31, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court is fait accompli at this point, and on Friday many people are either thanking or disparaging Michael Avenatti because of it.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) gave a lengthy speech on the floor of the Senate Friday, in which she ultimately said she was going to vote yes on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation. Collins is considered a swing key senator.

But she also said something else in her speech that may have indicated it was Michael Avenatti who helped sway her mind. At least, that’s how many people are taking it as of Friday evening, according to the Washington Post.

Twitter comments began to mention him soon after Collins made her speech, in which she spoke about the various allegations leveled against Brett Kavanaugh in recent weeks.

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