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catbyte

(34,451 posts)
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 11:16 AM Jan 2021

Ouch! Trump lawyer Sidney Powell slapped with $1.3 billion defamation suit over voting lies

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.

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Ouch! Trump lawyer Sidney Powell slapped with $1.3 billion defamation suit over voting lies (Original Post) catbyte Jan 2021 OP
Bet she's really unleashing the Kraken now marmar Jan 2021 #1
That's a kraken of a lawsuit. Hugin Jan 2021 #2
Excellent! 👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Jan 2021 #3
You want to unleash the Kraken... Raster Jan 2021 #4
Why not attach Donald Trump's name? Under The Radar Jan 2021 #5
I'm sure right now she's releasing "The Krap-en". nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2021 #6
Since she's still a lawyer she can defend herself Merlot Jan 2021 #7
Even if disbarred, she could probably still defend herself... Wounded Bear Jan 2021 #11
Defending herself would be water seeking it's own level Merlot Jan 2021 #13
Fox News, OANN , Newsmax? Where are those law suits? dem4decades Jan 2021 #8
;-{) Goonch Jan 2021 #9
. . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2021 #10
;-{) Goonch Jan 2021 #12

Raster

(20,998 posts)
4. You want to unleash the Kraken...
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 11:18 AM
Jan 2021

...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.

Wounded Bear

(58,706 posts)
11. Even if disbarred, she could probably still defend herself...
Fri Jan 8, 2021, 11:58 AM
Jan 2021

and she might have to anyway. Didn't her firm can her? Or did she "resign" from it the other day?

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