Attn. MSM firefighters! Daily Caller reporter shares emailed lawsuit threat from Stormy Daniels' lawyer

Daily Caller reporter Peter Hasson seems to have a new fan:

.@MichaelAvenatti sent me an email this morning threatening to sue me and my colleagues for reporting on him

— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) May 14, 2018

Here’s the email:

Note: @MichaelAvenatti tried to call this off record, which of course aren't terms I agreed to since it was an uninvited email pic.twitter.com/Ve6Guftwqq

— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) May 14, 2018

Avenatti's threats came less than 12 hours after @SaysSimonson and I published this: https://t.co/rPHuQls90a

— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) May 14, 2018

Will the mainstream media start circling the wagons about one of their fellow reporters any time soon?

Hi @brianstelter Is this an attack on free press? https://t.co/EsB2nwHfr6

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 14, 2018

I look forward to anchors at CNN and other outlets rushing to Daily Caller's defense here and calling Avenatti out for his threats against journalists and a free press. Any time guys. @brianstelter

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 14, 2018

We have a fire over here @KatyTurNBC

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 14, 2018

Wow. Threatening the free press. Let's await the outrage from the media….? https://t.co/E549II6HHI

— Susan Ferrechio (@susanferrechio) May 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/kevinh07/status/996057027012169728

Much of media's favorite Resistance colleague threatens to sue reporters for reporting on him. https://t.co/TM9DRdd2cW

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) May 14, 2018

CNN political analyst Ryan Lizza responded this way:

This is the sort of intimidation tactic, suggesting a complete contempt for what reporters do, that someone like Michael Cohen would use. https://t.co/X8Dm3PTTWC

— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 14, 2018

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Pass that popcorn and alert the mainstream media!

.@MichaelAvenatti threatens to sue @DailyCaller: "We will also recover significant damages against each of you that participated personally."

Sorry dude but we are all poor… https://t.co/AjRaR4Yzok

— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) May 14, 2018

For a guy who has been good at getting media play, I'm surprised @MichaelAvenatti didn't know the first rule of media: Off the Record must be mutually agreed upon. https://t.co/NrLglW2eSx

— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) May 14, 2018

protip: if you're going to threaten a defamation suit, maybe identify what you claim to be false, demand a correction / retraction. if you're serious, that is. https://t.co/Oarj3e0f79

— Just Karl (@justkarl) May 14, 2018

Michael Avenatti doesn't want people to report stuff about him https://t.co/w4V0cHQgfR

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) May 14, 2018

This is not how "off the record" works https://t.co/u33rr6YNml

— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) May 14, 2018

Damn, I need more popcornhttps://t.co/8rONykMlyj

— Joel Harinstein (@badputter58) May 14, 2018

Stay tuned!