Electoral infrastructure company Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation suit against Powell after she filed a lawsuit on behalf of President Donald Trump to cast doubt on the 2020 election results and appeared in the mainstream media. Dominion claims that Powell knows his election fraud allegations are false and damaging to the company.
In the new court filing, Powell’s lawyers wrote that she shared her “opinion” and that people could reach “their own decision” about whether votes were changed by election machines.
“Given the highly charged and political context of the statements, it is clear that Powell was describing the facts on which she based her lawsuit in support of President Trump,” Powell’s defense attorneys wrote in a filing in court Monday.
“Indeed, the plaintiffs themselves consider the statements on the issue to be ‘wild allegations’ and ‘foreign claims’. They are also often labeled as ‘naturally improbable’ and also ‘impossible.’ Reasonable people will not accept such statements as facts but only as claims pending trial by the courts through the opposing process. “
Electoral authorities and Dominion have described Trump’s loss in the election as accurate and uncertain from any major security risks. Trump’s lawyers and his allies lost or dropped out of nearly 60 minor cases after the election, as the then-president sought to reverse Biden’s victory in multiple key states.
Still, the Trump campaign tried to distance itself from Powell when he held a conspiratorial news conference with his other lawyers, Trump told people he liked Powell’s arguments and wanted to see her more on television.
In addition to Powell, his client at the meeting, former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, two people familiar with the matter, told CNN that the description of a session that began as an endless gathering but evolved and eventually erupted into screaming matches on certain issues. Exited. Some of Trump’s allies pushed back the more insulting suggestions of Powell and Flynn to turn the election around.
Dominic alleged in his lawsuit that “Trump’s support for his false accusations inspired him to enter political superstardom.”
Powell also claimed in court that his statements about the 2020 election were “a matter of public concern” about the well-known company, Dominion, and thus the protected speech.
Her lawyers also claim she had the right to sue because she also acted as an attorney for the Trump campaign during right-wing TV presentations. As a result, Powell asks a Washington D.C. judge to dismiss the case, or allow it to be moved to federal court in Texas.
Paul LeBlanc of CNN contributed to this report.
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