Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims

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Washington (CNN) Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn't have believed as fact her assertions of fraud after the 2020 presidential election.

The election infrastructure company Dominion Voting Systems sued Powell for defamation after she pushed lawsuits and made appearances in conservative media on behalf of then-President Donald Trump to sow doubt about the 2020 election results. Dominion claims that Powell knew her election fraud accusations were false and hurtful to the company.

In a new court filing, Powell's attorneys write that she was sharing her "opinion" and that the public could reach "their own conclusions" about whether votes were changed by election machines.

"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," Powell's defense lawyers wrote in a court filing on Monday.

"Indeed, Plaintiffs themselves characterize the statements at issue as 'wild accusations' and 'outlandish claims.' They are repeatedly labelled 'inherently improbable' and even 'impossible.' 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."

TrumpsBoneSpur on March 23rd, 2021 at 02:12 UTC »

When she was on TV she didn't say that it was her opinion. She didn't say she believed that there was fraud. She said that there WAS fraud and that the voting machines changed votes and that the voting companies were in on the fix against the president (but only the presidential race for some reason)

I hope their lawyers crush her and the others that pushed the big lie

red_carpet_hero on March 23rd, 2021 at 01:45 UTC »

Too late. Hope Dominion Systems wins their lawsuit against her and others.

flyingsaucerinvasion on March 23rd, 2021 at 01:43 UTC »

Stupid people are fair game when it comes to fraud? They don't count? If anything, it should be punished more harshly. Like molesting a minor.