On November 19, 2020, Carlson explained on Tucker Carlson Tonight:
“[W]e invited Sidney Powell on the show. … But she never sent us any
evidence, despite a lot of requests, polite requests, not a page. When we
kept pressing, she got angry and told us to stop contacting her. When we
checked with others around the Trump Campaign, people in positions of
authority they told us, Powell has never given them any evidence either
nor did she provide any today at the press conference.” Ex.A21, Tucker
Carlson Tonight Tr. 6 (Nov. 19, 2020).
• On November 20, 2020, Carlson explained on Tucker Carlson Tonight:
“[T]hey have not seen a single piece of evidence showing that software
change[d] votes. … And by they, we are including other members of
Donald Trump’s own legal team. They have not seen Powell’s evidence
either, no testimony from employees inside the software companies, no
damning internal documents, no copies of the software itself.” Ex.A21,
Tucker Carlson Tonight Tr. 5 (Nov. 20, 2020).
Indeed, far from
stating that Lindell’s claims were true, Carlson cast doubt on them by describing
them as “conspiracy theories.”
The broader context of Tucker Carlson Tonight reinforces that conclusion.
Carlson explained in his previous shows that he had not seen any evidence to support
the President’s allegations against Dominion. On November 19, he explained that
Powell had “never sent us any evidence, despite a lot of requests, polite requests, not
a page. When we kept pressing, she got angry and told us to stop contacting her.
When we checked with others around the Trump Campaign, people in positions of
authority they told us, Powell has never giving them any evidence either. Nor did
she provide any today at the press conference.” Ex.A19, Tucker Carlson Tonight
Tr. 6 (Nov. 19, 2020).
Likewise, on November 20, Carlson stated that “they have
not seen a single piece of evidence showing that software change[d] votes. … And
by they, we are including other members of Donald Trump’s own legal team. They
have not seen Powell’s evidence either, no testimony from employees inside the
software companies, no damning internal documents, no copies of the software
itself.” Ex.A21, Tucker Carlson Tonight Tr. 5 (Nov. 20, 2020).
In context, a
reasonable viewer of Tucker Carlson Tonight would understand that any allegations
Lindell may have leveled about Dominion were entirely his own, and that the
allegations were unproven.
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It amazes me how few people comprehend how damaging Lin Wood, Mike Lindell, and Sidney Powell were to Trump’s effort to question the election results. Rudy G went along with this $hit show as well.
Any good trial attorney will tell you that the best “case” is one that is limited to the most obvious thing. You focus on what is easy to understand, easy to prove, and you let the “jury” draw additional conclusions, but you have to win them first so you put forth the best case.
The “alt-right” media killed any chance of putting forth a good challenge. The most obvious FACT after the election were that hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots were illegally inserted into the election. No signature verification, no opposition observers, no chain of custody, they did not meet the election deadlines, AND they were statistically far different than ballots counted on election day. There are election laws about all of this.
Instead, we were treated to all kinds of fantastical claims about hacking from Italy, raids on the CIA in Germany, and Lindell’s claims about Dominion. While I am willing to take a closer look at “software” used around the country, these were NOT the best claim and it not only diluted the legal cases brought forth, but it allowed the media to cover the fantastical crap that made people questioning the election look like kooks.
Trump should have listed to Navarro. His take on the election was very straight-forward and it was easy to understand.
Just my .02