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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnybody remember Sidney Powell?
Later in her career, Powell began promoting conspiracy theories. Powell defended retired lieutenant general Michael Flynn in United States v. Flynn, claiming that he was framed by a covert "deep state" operation, and has promoted personalities and slogans associated with QAnon. After the 2020 election, she claimed that there had been a global conspiracy to tamper with voting machines, despite lacking evidence. After she accused the election technology companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic of engaging in a conspiracy to rig the election, both companies sued her for defamation.
In 2020, Powell joined the legal team of then-President Trump in an attempt to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election. Powell continued filing lawsuits independently and ultimately lost four federal lawsuits in Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin. In August 2021, Michigan federal judge Linda Vivienne Parker formally sanctioned Powell and eight other pro-Trump lawyers for their frivolous suit seeking to overturn Trump's election loss. The attorneys were ordered to repay the legal expenses incurred by the defense and recommended for disbarment. The State Bar of Texas' Texas Commission for Lawyer Discipline brought a disciplinary action against Powell, alleging that she violated the rules of professional conduct governing lawyers. The Fifth District of Texas Court of Appeals in Dallas, led by a three-judge panel, all Democrats, concluded on April 17, 2024, that the State Bar of Texas' arguments were without merit.[2] Powell again avoided bar sanctions on January 31,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Powell
Pardoned by Trump.
DOJ official Ed Martin posted a picture of himself with her the day the FBI raided the Fulton County election office.
It can be assumed she is involved.
A more in depth look here.
dweller
(28,423 posts)I went to high school with her
Thankfully I didnt know her nor remember her
ran with different crowds
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BigmanPigman
(55,178 posts)Those animal prints...yuk.