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And it gives the best chance for the truth and the evidence to come out. i am completely innocent in this case. it should have never been brought. and i'm hopeful that the jury at the end of the day -- >> joining us now is cnn correspondent kara scannell. what can you tell us on the judge granting avenatti's request to defend himself? >> anderson, it was just after lunch that avenatti told the judge there was a breakdown in the relationship with him and his court appointed counsel. he told the judge that he wanted to represent himself, that he had the best course of action would be for him to ...

Proceeds. cnn's kara scannell joins us with the latest here. this is a huge risk for avenatti. >> reporter: oh, absolutely, john. a lot of drama in the courtroom already. it was just after the lunch break that avenatti told the judge there had been a breakdown between the relationship between him and his court-appointed counsel that went to the heart of his ability to mount a defense. avenatti's court-appointed counsel had recently been cut off by the judge. he was doing cross-examination of the first witness, stormy daniels' book agent. in 43 minutes of question, avenatti's lawyers did not as...

Himself. this was not long after the judge had just cut off that court appointed counsel who was cross-examining the government's first witness. that was stormy daniels' book agent. after the jury left the room, the judge said he did that because in 43 minutes of questioning, he said that the attorney did not ask one relevant question. so avenatti told the judge that he could represent himself, that he actually did represent himself in a criminal trial this past summer that ended in a mistrial. the judge told avenatti he wanted his eyes wide open. the stakes in the case were very high, but he ...

Book agent. laying out the book deal and all the payments that the prosecutors say is key part of this fraud here. avenatti redirected payments owed to daniels' account in his name, the book agent testified that when avenatti asked him to do that, he asked him what authorization he had when avenatti provided him with a document that was purportedly signed by stormy daniels and said he forged her signature. that's the basis of this fraud case. now, interestingly today, on cross-examination, avenatti's lawyers spent 45 minutes asking the booking agent numerous questions, continuing from two hour...