On Monday, Avenatti complained Monday on Twitter that his client still had not heard from FBI agents: "It is outrageous that my client has not been contacted by the FBI because Trump is instructing them not to," Avenatti wrote. "He is trying to ram through a nomination by purposely preventing the truth from being known."

In response, the Senate Judiciary Committee's chief counsel for nominations on Tuesday issued a blistering response to Avenatti's plea to "respond to our requests."

"Stop playing games," Avenatti wrote in the Tuesday email to Mike Davis. "If you are the Chief Counsel, then you need to do your job. Please respond to our requests."

To which Davis responded:

"We have already reviewed your client's allegations. We focus on credible allegations. Please stop emailing me."