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Denzil_DC

(7,188 posts)
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 07:06 PM Nov 2020

Trump campaign says Sidney Powell not a member of legal team

Last edited Mon Nov 23, 2020, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s election campaign issued a statement on Sunday distancing itself from Sidney Powell, a lawyer who made baseless allegations of voter fraud at a campaign press conference on Thursday.

“Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own,” Trump campaign lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis said in the statement. “She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity.”

The announcement came one day after a judge dismissed the campaign’s lawsuit seeking to halt President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, dealing a major blow to Trump’s flailing efforts to overturn his Nov. 3 election loss.

Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-powell/trump-campaign-says-sidney-powell-not-a-member-of-legal-team-idUSKBN2820UB



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Trump campaign says Sidney Powell not a member of legal team (Original Post) Denzil_DC Nov 2020 OP
Hey Sidney, never say dye... Blue Owl Nov 2020 #1
Marc Elias-But who will release the Kraken Gothmog Nov 2020 #2
1.1K people are Tweeting about this!!!! elleng Nov 2020 #5
There always is a tweet: Lock him up. Nov 2020 #27
Hahaha she's gonna get dis-barred fearnobush Nov 2020 #3
Powell is the only American Trump has successfully disenfranchised in the course of 34 lawsuits. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 #4
Ummm. NCDem47 Nov 2020 #6
Odd. Sidney Powell was onstage at press conference with Rudy and Jenna two days ago. Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #7
The Wet Bandits are left Grimelle Nov 2020 #18
The Wet Bandits are left Grimelle Nov 2020 #19
Too crazy for kids town, too much of a kid for crazy town bullimiami Nov 2020 #8
All the MAGAts who've been screeching their undying support of Powell suddenly deurbano Nov 2020 #9
Everything Trump touches dies nt doc03 Nov 2020 #10
It seems Bus trumps Kraken. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #11
Let me get this straight. Powell is ditched but Rudy stays? The cray cray is strong still. brush Nov 2020 #12
What did she do to get the bus?!? EllieBC Nov 2020 #13
In a General Discussion thread, somebody pointed to this tweet Denzil_DC Nov 2020 #14
..."too much, even for him" Grokenstein Nov 2020 #21
That's rich: Rudy disassociates himself and Trump's team from Sidney? Oh, my! It's like..... machoneman Nov 2020 #15
From Marc Elias Gothmog Nov 2020 #16
Update: Statement from Powell Denzil_DC Nov 2020 #17
Jenna ellis is just as bat shit crazy.... Hulk Nov 2020 #20
How nice of gutless Bill Maher to give her air time Yeehah Nov 2020 #30
That's your opinion. Hulk Nov 2020 #31
I bet she didn't get paid either. louis-t Nov 2020 #22
Apparently, the guy diddling himself with some kind of black shit running down his face is fine... LudwigPastorius Nov 2020 #23
There goes the biblical filing MySideOfTown Nov 2020 #24
Could not help myself. Had to peek into the site we do not mention. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #25
Is Hugo Chvez now dead again? Botany Nov 2020 #26
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Nov 2020 #28
After further review, unlocking Omaha Steve Nov 2020 #29

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
4. Powell is the only American Trump has successfully disenfranchised in the course of 34 lawsuits.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 07:16 PM
Nov 2020
Sidney Powell will no longer have a vote on Trump legal strategy, making her the only American Trump has successfully disenfranchised in the course of 34 lawsuits.


deurbano

(2,891 posts)
9. All the MAGAts who've been screeching their undying support of Powell suddenly
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 07:28 PM
Nov 2020

move to the other side of the Group W bench.

brush

(53,472 posts)
12. Let me get this straight. Powell is ditched but Rudy stays? The cray cray is strong still.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:02 PM
Nov 2020

Now let's wait for the next Rudy fiasco.

Denzil_DC

(7,188 posts)
14. In a General Discussion thread, somebody pointed to this tweet
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:25 PM
Nov 2020

from a WaPo journalist:




Josh Dawsey
@jdawsey1

Trump told allies that Sidney Powell was too much, even for him, after Thursday. He sees the fight as uphill but fleeting and doesn’t see her as helpful anymore, per several advisers.


Aside from that, in all the court cases so far, Trump's "legal team" has shied away from making allegations of fraud in court, presumably for fear of perjury.

Powell's scattergun rantings outside court have been potentially actionable for slander against various public figures, and it sounded like she was winding up to go even more full bore this coming week.

She may also be a handy scapegoat for their repeated failures.

machoneman

(3,952 posts)
15. That's rich: Rudy disassociates himself and Trump's team from Sidney? Oh, my! It's like.....
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:30 PM
Nov 2020

...nearly impossible that she is crazier than Rudy!

Ya' know when I heard that Rudy would head up Trump's legal team, it made sense as to why all the big name, big shot Republican leaning law firms withdrew. The stain they knew he would leave would be far bigger and longer lasting than his hair dye fiasco!

Denzil_DC

(7,188 posts)
17. Update: Statement from Powell
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:50 PM
Nov 2020
I understand today's press release. I will continue to represent #WeThePeople who had their votes for Trump and other Republicans stolen by massive fraud through Dominion and Smartmatic, and we will be filing suit soon. The chips will fall where they may, and we will defend the foundations of this great Republic. #KrakenOnSteroids




Maybe she wants to be 2020's Orly Taitz.
 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
20. Jenna ellis is just as bat shit crazy....
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 08:58 PM
Nov 2020

Just that she didn’t open her gatling-gun pie hole at the latest clown show.

Saw jenna wacko-bird on Real Time, with Bill Maher, last week...and she is NUTS! I mean, ALL these Qanon cult members are nuts, but some are scary nuts...and ellis is one of them. Like all these reich wing Nazi whores, kelly anne conway, shs, this latest nightmare, mcenany...they rattle off complete fabricated garbage so fast, the host has ZERO chance to call them on one of a dozen lies they spew in any given minute.

These are some scary witches. I think I’m in favor ....oh, never mind. Don’t want to bring the loony monitors out of the woodwork😈

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
31. That's your opinion.
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 07:11 PM
Nov 2020

Personally I appreciate him and his show. I also watch some CNN and fox/Putin. I like to hear what everyone, regardless of points of view, are being exposed to.

I agree with most of Maher's points of view. He has on several guest that I deplore, but he challenges their nonsense. This rabid wingnut was pretty well exposed as a dingbat.

I don't turn him off, because I enjoy his program. You obviously don't, so don't watch him.

louis-t

(23,199 posts)
22. I bet she didn't get paid either.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 09:35 PM
Nov 2020

Oh, but think of all the publicity she got! She'll be a legal analyst at OAN afor ye know it.

LudwigPastorius

(8,944 posts)
23. Apparently, the guy diddling himself with some kind of black shit running down his face is fine...
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 09:44 PM
Nov 2020

but, THIS is where they draw the line!

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
25. Could not help myself. Had to peek into the site we do not mention.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 09:55 PM
Nov 2020

They are losing what little of their collective mind they have left. Although reading anything on that dinosaur site that must be run on Winders 94 is as painful as reading their pathetic theories.

It’s almost 100% Q nuts there now.

Omaha Steve

(99,071 posts)
28. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:39 PM
Nov 2020

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