Trump has called the Dominion voting systems a “disaster” and his supporters have pushed the conspiracy theory that the company cast votes for Trump on its voting devices and that Eric Kumar, the Dominion director of product strategy and security, helped spoil the election.
Defendants for the Trump campaign include Rudy Giuliani, Trump adviser Sydney Powell, Rs servic media outlets One America News Network and Newsmax Media, right-wing website Gateway Pundit, and Colorado businessman and activist Joseph Oltman. CNN The lawsuit has been settled out of court.
In recent days – as the threat of legal action grows – many money-hungry media outlets have begun to comply with some of the more aggressive claims.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Colorado District Court, Kumar’s lawyers say the allegations are “false and baseless” and “severely damage Dr. Kumar’s reputation, professional standing, safety and privacy.”
The lawsuit alleges it relied heavily on “false accusations made by defendants” made by Lutman, who claimed in interviews and social media posts that Kumar was a participant in the Antifa conference call that Altman said he infiltrated in September.
Asked about the alleged Antifa call, Oltman told CNN that he had “a number of pieces of evidence” – which he did not immediately provide – and said “the truth is a great equalizer in all of this.”
Kumar’s lawyers have denied that the Dominion executive had knowledge of the alleged culprit, participated in it or made such comments.
He is seeking damages as well as non-disclosure of all statements that are considered honorable.
In a statement on Tuesday, Kumar said the lawsuit “seeks to inflict as much damage as possible on me, my family, my life and my livelihood as a result of false public statements for which I was somehow responsible. The 2020 presidential election was a ‘mess’.”
Dominance is not a party to claim itself.
However, the Denver-based company said in a statement to CNN that “people, including Sydney Powell and some news organizations, have tarnished numerous reputations because of their ridiculous conspiracy theories.”
CNN The memo, seen by, refers to a letter sent to Powell by Dominion last week demanding that he publicly withdraw his allegations and instruct that he may not alter, destroy or deny records that may be relevant.
CNN’s Caitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Pamela Brown and Brian Rox contributed to this report.
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