Posted on 03/23/2021 8:16:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Many who opposed President Trump or claims of massive, widespread voter fraud are laughing today. Many Trump supporters are feeling betrayed. These strong feelings stem from a statement in a motion filed by Sidney Powell’s attorneys asking the case made against her by Dominion Voting Systems be dropped. Yet in the same sentence, the true intent of the statement is clear. Nobody should be laughing and nobody should feel betrayed.
The statement that’s getting latched onto by people on social media states, “reasonable people would not accept such statements as fact,” referencing Powell’s claims that Dominion Voting Systems was being run in part by the Venezuelan government and participated in stealing the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden by switching votes. In isolation, this statement seems to indicate Powell was essentially trying to fool everyone with her accusations. This isn’t the case.
The full context of her attorney’s statement reveals the truth [emphasis mine]:
Reasonable people understand that the “language of the political arena, like the language used in labor disputes … is often vituperative, abusive and inexact.” Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705, 708 (1969). It is likewise a “well recognized principle that political statements are inherently prone to exaggeration and hyperbole.” Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Willamette, Inc. v. Am. Coal. of Life Activists, 244 F.3d 1007, 1009 (9th Cir. 2001). Given the highly charged and political context of the statements, it is clear that Powell was describing the facts on which she based the lawsuits she filed in support of President Trump. Indeed, Plaintiffs themselves characterize the statements at issue as “wild accusations” and “outlandish claims.” Id. at ¶¶ 2, 60, 97, 111. They are repeatedly labelled “inherently improbable” and even “impossible.” Id. at ¶¶ 110, 111, 114, 116 and 185. Such characterizations of the allegedly defamatory statements further support Defendants’ position that reasonable people would not accept such statements as fact but view them only as claims that await testing by the courts through the adversary process.
Furthermore, Sidney Powell disclosed the facts upon which her conclusions were based.
This is not backtracking. This is not an admission that she didn’t really believe her own accusations against Dominion Voting Systems, nor does it indicate she was lying to everyone about “The Kraken.” The buzz going around on social media from both sides are based on the isolated statements and context added by whoever is sharing it. But the truth is very clear. She is fighting a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit. It is incumbent on her attorneys to demonstrate defamation was neither intended nor did it occur based on Powell’s statements.
What the attorneys are trying to establish is that the circumstances surrounding her statements are protected as free speech because of three important factors. First, inflammatory and polarizing language are often used in political scenarios and reasonable people expect that to be the case. Second, her own lawsuits were based on facts that allowed for interpretation and reasonable people would understand that these were the opinions upon which she filed her suits. Third, and this is very important, she made her claims against Dominion Voting Systems based on facts that she disclosed in her lawsuit.
This is not in any way demonstrating that Powell is backtracking on her claims. Her attorneys are framing the situation in the best legal way possible for their client. The people who are taking the statements in the motion to dismiss out of context are either ignorant or being disingenuous in framing it as her reversing on her own opinions regarding the 2020 election and Dominion Voting Systems.
What makes this whole situation so sad is that the vast majority of people reading the out-of-context statements by Sidney Powell’s attorneys will never allow themselves to know the truth. They’re set on laughter or betrayal and refuse to reverse their stance.
Sydney Powell is a patriot who has risked it all for this country.
FYI
It is becoming much harder to discern the nuggets of truth through the lens of the media. All media including “conservative” media.
Bongino is right. Whenever a story breaks wait 24 hours to draw conclusions because everyone spins everything to an agenda.
It looks to me like she is arguing no reasonable person would conclude her accusations were ALREADY PROVEN FACT, but rather conclude they were her sincerely held beliefs based on what she knew at the time that would require proving via a court battle.
Not that her accusations were so ridiculous that no reasonable person COULD believe them. Or so ridiculous that she was insane to make them. Just that they would not be accepted as factual by most people unless proven in a future court case. And thus Dominion did not suffer damage because there would be no damage to its reputation UNLESS proven in court - which she never had the chance to do.
that there is FU FUnny, right there.
well said.
It is just common sense in this case. You don’t even get close to the Supreme Court with outlandish claims or conspiracy theory. She has used much the same language of the entire operation as more than any law abiding citizen could believe in interviews since the beginning. It isn’t backtracking, it is highlighting the unbelievability of what took place (not untruth).
I back her. She is the real deal.
Your comment lacks foundation.
The Supreme Court had tossed the Pennsylvania challenge.
No court was willing to listen to reasonable arguments based on the evidence.
Powell did the best she could.
Not one of your “Bush team of experts and lawyers” stepped up to the plate.
Who are you really? Biden? Harris? Obama?
best.post.ever.
not a whole lot of common sense happening around this subject, but it’s abundant in your reply.
oh, and you’re about to get called every name in the book; sanity is penalized in these threads.
Yup. I’m waiting for finale judgement on this issue and on Kristi noem issue too. The right stream media even are pouncing on both issues before all the facts are k nown, and condemning them both.
The problem I think is that our side is so used to having politicians disappoint our side, and lawyers not be able to make cases that folks tend to wave the white flag at the slightest indication that something isn’t going their way, even if it was through horrible explanations or the msm twisting info out of context.
Maybe Kristi caved, maybe she didn’t. There could be a very good reason. Why she sent it back that we don’t know about. I’m gonna wait till the final signing or rejection happens before making a decision on whether she caved or not. As for Powell, the way she worded it, did hand bad, but I will still wait to see what happens. So far the sc are being dubs about the election theft. We will see how it all transpires. Doesn’t look good, but I there’s no reason to abandon the battle before everything has failed yet.
Bless her heart. When I hear her name, I get another pounding headache.
AMEN!!!! She EARNED OUR SUPPORT and PRAYERS!
What we needed was the Bush team of experts and lawyers .....
I think you need to change your nick from Trump Deplorable to BushBot as we're seeing your true colors.
You've been told, by numerous FReepers, that Sidney is one of the few who've risked everything to stand up for voter fraud/stolen election. Yet you continue to call her a distraction, name call posters who support her....and....defend open borders/NWO Bush league team.
You do realize that the reason Bush 'won' his challenge, was that the DS wanted him to win. Right? He was 'their guy'.
Trump's win in 2016 overcame any DS shenanigans. They overstepped their tricks, for 2020. And, Sidney knows it.
THANK YOU for that concise explanation!!
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