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January 08, 2021
Tom Boggioni
According to a report from the Washington Post, pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell has been hit with a $1.3 billion lawsuit for lying about Dominion Voting Systems.
Papers were filed early Friday morning by the voting machine firm alleging that the attorney -- who was representing outgoing President Donald Trump at the time -- indulged in "wild" and "demonstrably false" claims that the company participated in stealing the election from the president.
According to the Post, "In a 124-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Dominion said its reputation and resale value have been deeply damaged by a 'viral disinformation campaign' that Powell mounted 'to financially enrich herself, to raise her public profile, and to ingratiate herself to Donald Trump.' The defendants named in the lawsuit include Powell, her law firm and Defending the Republic, the organization she set up to solicit donations to support her election-related litigation."
The post goes on to note that none of Powel's claims were taken seriously by the courts and that the attorney had been dismissed from the president's legal team after making a series of unfounded allegations.
https://www.rawstory.com/sidney-powell-2649790842/
Washington Post story (paywall):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dominion-sues-pro-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-seeking-more-than-13-billion/2021/01/08/ebe5dbe0-5106-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html
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Whoopsie.
marmar
(77,090 posts)Hugin
(33,202 posts)She's going to have to wash a whole lot of dishes to pay that off.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)May Dominion prevail & the award ruin her for life!
Raster
(20,998 posts)...let us show you how it's done!
The nice thing is that Dominion has made it clear that they are NOT interested in any settlement. They want a full trial.
Under The Radar
(3,404 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)at least until she's disbarred.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)and she might have to anyway. Didn't her firm can her? Or did she "resign" from it the other day?
Merlot
(9,696 posts)dem4decades
(11,304 posts)You know the Right Wing would do it.