Judge: Dominion suits against Trump allies Giuliani, Powell, Lindell can proceed

[riversedge]

Source: the hill



By John Kruzel - 08/11/21 06:03 PM EDT




A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday rejected requests from former Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell that he dismiss lawsuits from Dominion Voting Systems against the three.

Dominion filed three defamation lawsuits — at $1.3 billion each — against Powell, Giuliani and Lindell for allegedly claiming without evidence that the voting machine company rigged the 2020 presidential election for President Biden by manipulating votes.

— Developing

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/567468-judge-denies-trump-ally-sidney-powells-request-to-dismiss-dominion

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. You beat me to it.

Hat tip, Sam_Handwich, at Joe.My.God.

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Trump allies including Giuliani lose bid to dismiss Dominion vote machine lawsuits

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[FloridaBlues]

2. Good! There has to be some consequences for these idiots.

[Effete Snob]

3. Full decision and excerpts linked here

The actual decision and choice excerpts are linked here, for those who prefer primary sources.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215727488

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I heard on a little "entertainment" report on my local news radio station

that Ghouliani has now joined "Cameo" to do customized personal videos - https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/rudy-giuliani-cameo-video-greeting-1235039820/

The radio report said $199 per video but apparently per the linked article, it's up to $325 per video.

And I missed this (from that same Variety article) -

Earlier this summer, a “Rudy Giuliani Legal Defense Fund” page was created on crowdfunding site Fundly, aiming to raised $5 million. It was shut down last month after reportedly raising $9,798.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Their argument is "we're so crazy, no one should believe what we say?

Link to tweet

[riversedge]

6. Discovery!! bring it ON!!

[smb]

7. Pillow Guy's Stream-Of-Consciousness Response

This is — this is news to me. I’ve read this for the first time. This is really bad for our country. Everybody they — everybody needs to really listen up. On the first day here, I told you that that case checked with Dominion. I said it didn’t mean anything, except for one thing when they shoot everybody over to under lawsuits.

Well, there it was sitting in Washington, D.C. that was Giuliani, Sidney Powell myself, MyPillow. All these all these cases. That judge hits out there and said, you know what I’m going to do. I’m going to take this under. He hadn’t decided yet if it could move forward, and Alan Dershowitz told me this is the most important case in history for our First Amendment rights of free speech. Now, in my case against Dominion, MyPillow in Minneapolis, we went when we filed that a couple months ago after their loss, shoot the lawyer — the law firm that we hired — they fired the lawyer the next day after he had filed it. That’s just one thing.”

“Then the judge — there they were hit fed up with Dominion. Cause Dominion wouldn’t bring in — whatever they had to bring in, um I don’t know what it was whenever there first thing too bring in stuff for the case. They didn’t get it there in time. They missed the deadline and the judgment of said, ‘I’ll give you your Money or till Tuesday. I think it was — it was after the Fourth of July.

They didn’t come up with — they didn’t make it in time of the judge said stopped and said, I’m going to wait till the D.C. judge decides. Now, let me tell you if that judge decided to let these cases could move forward, everything your right to free speech everyone out there that spoke up against his machines — every single one, now you wouldn’t be able to go on any of these media. All this. You wouldn’t be able to say, Mark SuckerBuck, you want to be able to have an opinion! You wouldn’t be able — if you did, you’d be in fear of getting sued for everything....

He kept yammering away, but I think that gives you the flavor.

[GoneOffShore]

8. Before it's all over Britney Spears's dad will have conservatorship over him...