Posted on Jun 8, 2021
Fact check: False claim that Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell prevailed in Dominion lawsuits
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The one branch of government that has stood fast in the face of political lying, an attempted coup and the general attempt to tell the "big lie" has been the judiciary. It really brings into focus why one of the first things to go when an authoritarian government takes over is the current supreme court and a lot of the lower courts to replace them with stooges. Normally, the judiciary's loyalty tends to be to the law and not to political leaders.
The one branch of government that has stood fast in the face of political lying, an attempted coup and the general attempt to tell the "big lie" has been the judiciary. It really brings into focus why one of the first things to go when an authoritarian government takes over is the current supreme court and a lot of the lower courts to replace them with stooges. Normally, the judiciary's loyalty tends to be to the law and not to political leaders.
Fact check: False claim that Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell prevailed in Dominion lawsuits
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SPC Kevin Ford And to think 45 thought he had it made with all the 240+ judges Moscow Mitch lined up for approval. Thank God for the Judiciary holding up their Oath to the Constitution in this matter.
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump who claimed Dominion Voting Systems was part of a conspiracy to rig the 2020 election are facing federal defamation lawsuits seeking as much as $1.3 billion in damages.
Those lawsuits haven’t yet been resolved in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, though, contrary to a Facebook post declaring victory for Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.
The May 31 post said the triumph of the two attorneys over Dominion was “absent from the news.” It was shared more than 1,000 times, with several commenters celebrating the win.
A few commenters pointed out they couldn’t find a link confirming the news.
That’s because it isn’t true. Still, users have continued to circulate the false post, in some cases generating as much as 1,000 additional shares.
Court dockets show no ruling in Giuliani’s and Powell’s requests to dismiss the lawsuits.
The lawsuits came after Trump and his allies sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, claiming along the way that Dominion was part of a conspiracy to keep Trump from winning a second term.
Courts have rejected claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, and officials within Trump’s own administration have said the election was “the most secure in American history.
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump who claimed Dominion Voting Systems was part of a conspiracy to rig the 2020 election are facing federal defamation lawsuits seeking as much as $1.3 billion in damages.
Those lawsuits haven’t yet been resolved in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, though, contrary to a Facebook post declaring victory for Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.
The May 31 post said the triumph of the two attorneys over Dominion was “absent from the news.” It was shared more than 1,000 times, with several commenters celebrating the win.
A few commenters pointed out they couldn’t find a link confirming the news.
That’s because it isn’t true. Still, users have continued to circulate the false post, in some cases generating as much as 1,000 additional shares.
Court dockets show no ruling in Giuliani’s and Powell’s requests to dismiss the lawsuits.
The lawsuits came after Trump and his allies sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, claiming along the way that Dominion was part of a conspiracy to keep Trump from winning a second term.
Courts have rejected claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, and officials within Trump’s own administration have said the election was “the most secure in American history.
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