Sidney Powell filed false incorporation papers for non-profit, grand jury finds
Source: The Guardian
Sidney Powell filed false incorporation papers for non-profit, grand jury finds
Trump’s lawyer falsely claimed two men as fellow directors of Defending the Republic in an apparent effort to attract donors
Murray Waas
Fri 3 Dec 2021 07.00 GMT
A federal grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s former attorney Sidney Powell has uncovered evidence that Powell filed false incorporation papers with the state of Texas for a non-profit she heads, Defending the Republic, according to sources close to the investigation.
In the incorporation papers, Powell – who filed lawsuits across the US questioning the 2020 election result which Trump lost to Joe Biden – listed two men whom she said served with her on the organization’s board of directors, even though neither one of them gave Powell permission to do so.
As a private attorney, Powell, in the service of Trump, has gained notoriety as she has increasingly embraced implausible conspiracy theories such as that the FBI had attempted to frame Trump to drive him from office, and that Joe Biden’s election as president of the United States was illegitimate. Her lawsuits to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election have all failed, often met with scathing criticism from judges who have overseen them, one of whom sanctioned her for alleged ethical misconduct and referred her to the Texas state bar for investigation.
Powell did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this story.
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