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Dominion sues pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for defamation
The Washington Times ^ | JANUARY 08, 2021 | Alex Swoyer

Posted on 01/09/2021 6:38:49 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: SeekAndFind

Can you please explain the $1.3 billion or send me a link? Thanks in advance.


21 posted on 01/09/2021 7:13:05 PM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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22 posted on 01/09/2021 7:18:20 PM PST by sauropod ("No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot." - Mark Twain)
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To: Balding_Eagle

“They have a slam dunk case against her.”

No, they do not.


23 posted on 01/09/2021 7:22:32 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Balding_Eagle, this is not an election lawsuit with “standing” problems aplenty. Sidney Powell automatically has standing to demand discovery by virtue of being named a defendant in a defamation lawsuit. If Dominion even tries to stonewall on discovery, the trial court will have no choice but to force discovery on Dominion. If discovery reveals facts that tend to prove that Sidney Powell is entitled to the defense of truth, the trial court will be forced to admit same into evidence and give on-the-merits consideration to Powell’s truth defense. Otherwise Powell is entitled to appeal up the chain as far as she needs to, up to and including SCOTUS, to vindicate her basic due process rights. That’s a fight Powell, of all people, is bound to win. Simply put, there is no contrary judicial precedent of any kind to justify that kind of behavior on Dominion’s part (hiding) or by the trial court (shielding). Dominion has no way to win without opening the kimono far enough to show that it’s been on the up-and-up this whole time, thus disproving Powell’s defense that she’s been doing nothing other than telling the truth.

Now that Dominion has filed its threatened defamation suit against Powell, it must either submit to discovery and let nature take its course, settle the case privately to the satisfaction of the Court, or drop its lawsuit with prejudice. There are literally no other ways that this suit can end, provided Powell does not give up, but instead fights for her rights. Do you doubt that she will fight?


24 posted on 01/09/2021 7:48:37 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

NICE!!!


25 posted on 01/09/2021 7:50:48 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: GeorgianaCavendish

Lawyer to lawyer, I think you are right. But discovery will be a blast.


26 posted on 01/09/2021 7:55:51 PM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: GeorgianaCavendish

Her public statements fell way over the line that shields lawyers engaging in zealous representation of their clients. Deliberately so in fact. Powell could not have been more clear in asking Dominion to name her as a defamation defendant if she had revivified Marylin Monroe solely for the purpose of crashing Dominion’s annual shareholder meeting, grabbing the mic from a scandalized little old lady from Pasadena, and breathily singing “Happy Birthday...Please Sue!
Happy Birthday...Please Sue! Happy Bithday, you dirty swamp snakes! Sidney Powell says, Please Sue!” to its Chairman and CEO before collapsing again in a heap of dust.


27 posted on 01/09/2021 8:02:27 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Without the case number and court, this is just more #fakenews.


28 posted on 01/09/2021 8:03:20 PM PST by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
"No proof of what she has asserted has ever been allowed in court, and I doubt that will change."

Not even when it comes to defense in this lawsuit?

29 posted on 01/09/2021 8:08:36 PM PST by TXnMA (The Democrat Party has a single-element strategy: CHEATING... Reinstate Public Executions!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“...Discovery is going to be fun!...”

Absolutely...it will be utterly delicious!!!


30 posted on 01/09/2021 8:19:40 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: Amberdawn

RE: Can you please explain the $1.3 billion or send me a link?

Here’s the link from Washington Post date January 8,2021:

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

TITLE: Dominion Sues Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell Seeking More Than $1.3 billion.


31 posted on 01/09/2021 8:26:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Auntie Mame

I’m getting the distinct feeling that the Democrats are going to yell and beat their chests for a little bit to appease their base, and then ignore everything. All the left’s proclamations of late about revenge makes their ignorant base feel better, but isn’t really practicable to do. The lack of docket number, filing notice, etc suggests fakery.

Plus, if they proceed with these things they put their own lawyers and even members of congress at risk of suit for any unflattering commentary.


32 posted on 01/09/2021 8:30:09 PM PST by GeorgianaCavendish ("Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Discovery is going to be fun!" .... LOL .... Discovery??? ..... Who's to say they won't go Directly to Sentencing under our newly installed legal system???
33 posted on 01/09/2021 8:56:57 PM PST by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: Balding_Eagle

What part of “I doubt” supports “they have”?


34 posted on 01/09/2021 9:53:43 PM PST by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lin Wood will be only too happy to take that case for her.


35 posted on 01/09/2021 9:59:06 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Best ask if THE Company will show up in court. Seem to remember they were MIA when called in front of the PA State Legislature to make their case. Certainly, have them RSVP.


36 posted on 01/09/2021 11:45:02 PM PST by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They might be expecting the courts to block discovery.🤔


37 posted on 01/10/2021 5:01:04 AM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: George from New England

This.😟


38 posted on 01/10/2021 5:02:33 AM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Why not? Back in the ‘90s the government got Microsoft to cough up code. I would think Powell can get “Dominion” to do the same.


39 posted on 01/10/2021 8:32:05 AM PST by VeniVidiVici ( )
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I am guesing their strategy is favorable judge shopping and getting a massie amount of stuff barred from evidence.

They won't stand a chance. Their own user manual shows they haven't been telling the truth about their systems!

But is this actually a lawsuit, or did they just announce that they're filing it? Has it actually been done yet?
40 posted on 01/10/2021 10:21:00 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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