Disgraced porn lawyer Michael Avenatti sent a DM to The Federalist’s Erielle Davidson where he mocked her . . . wait for it . . . number of followers on Twitter:

Try to derive self-worth from somewhere outside Twitter, @MichaelAvenatti. This is just sad. pic.twitter.com/BAvqvFa797 — Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) July 17, 2019

And, yes, this is 100% real:

Wait – this is real?? THIS IS HILARIOUS ? — Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) July 17, 2019

Real. And I know. — Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) July 17, 2019

Avenatti also has more pending indictments than Erielle, which for some reason he left out:

Tell him he has more indictments than you too. — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 17, 2019

“Until you’ve stolen the court ordered settlement from a disabled man, you’re nothing.” -Avenatti — Jessica Fletcher (@heckyessica) July 17, 2019

On the one hand, he has been indicted in two states for tax evasion, fraud, and embezzlement & faces possible disbarment. On the other hand, he has more Twitter followers than @politicalelle https://t.co/GYP1ogajRJ — Philip Klein (@philipaklein) July 17, 2019

Maybe he thinks his follower count will help him keep his license?

Kind of shocked he’s not more focused on California trying to prevent him from practicing law:https://t.co/0rV72tsCUk — LB (@beyondreasdoubt) July 17, 2019

It appears it was this back-and-forth with best-selling author Mollie Hemingway that set Avenatti off:

Justice on Trial is #1! Thank you everyone! Amazon Charts Top 20 Books https://t.co/DLxVlhntXp — Mollie (@MZHemingway) July 17, 2019

Now tell many people how many books you have actually sold nationwide through all channels, including Amazon. Is it even 100k copies sold? — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) July 17, 2019

Someone asked me how much we were paying Michael Avenatti to promote our #1 best-selling book. So for the record, we are not actually paying Michael Avenatti to promote our book. He is doing it for free, God bless him! — Mollie (@MZHemingway) July 17, 2019

Mollie – answer the question. Stop deceiving your followers. How many copies? Your book is garbage – you fabricated facts. And now you are dodging me and refusing to appear with me to defend your work? Why? Because you know you created a bogus narrative. — Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) July 17, 2019

Dude, you’re so irrelevant, it hurts. — Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) July 17, 2019

It really is sad, isn’t it?

Feel bad for him. — Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) July 17, 2019

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