Dominion Voting Systems on Friday filed a defamation lawsuit against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for claiming without evidence that the voting machine company rigged the 2020 presidential election for President-elect Joe Biden by manipulating votes.
Dominion is seeking $1.3 billion in damages.
The 124-page complaint filed in a Washington, D.C., federal court alleges Powell “promote[d] a false preconceived narrative” about the 2020 vote, which included unsubstantiated claims that the company was established in Venezuela as part of a vote-rigging operation in favor of the late socialist leader Hugo Chávez and that Dominion bribed state officials in Georgia to secure its contract.
“As a result of the defamatory falsehoods peddled by Powell — in concert with like-minded allies and media outlets who were determined to promote a false preconceived narrative — Dominion’s founder, Dominion’s employees, Georgia’s governor, and Georgia’s secretary of state have been harassed and have received death threats, and Dominion has suffered enormous harm,” the complaint states.
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JUST IN: Dominion Voting Systems files defamation lawsuit against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell https://t.co/4mibANn0i3 pic.twitter.com/43EW9fJfvE
— The Hill (@thehill) January 8, 2021
She’s gonna have to raise a lot more money from small donors. https://t.co/RkRYPZEX0c
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) January 8, 2021
Dominion's lawsuit against Powell is serious, much more serious than defamation suits over political rhetoric typically are.
That's because so much of Powell's rhetoric has involved provably false statements of fact rather than mere hyperbole or invective.
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— GIANTVOICEHat (@Popehat) January 8, 2021
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