Here's how seriously you should take the Trump legal team's conspiracy theories

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

It takes some real talent to show up President Trump’s attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani at a news conference in which he riffs for nearly an hour about grand conspiracies rife with rampant voter fraud across the country, evidence for which would be presented at a time to be determined. Yet as soon as Giuliani’s remarks concluded, Sidney Powell managed that feat.

Powell, who serves as an attorney both for Trump and former national security adviser Michael Flynn, walked to the lectern, thanked Giuliani — and then went buckwild.

“What we are really dealing with here and uncovering more by the day is the massive influence of communist money through Venezuela, Cuba and likely China in the interference with our elections here in the United States,” she began. She linked voting systems used in several states with a company founded by a former Venezuelan dictator (despite there not being any actual link) and declared that computers were humming along rigging the election for President-elect Joe Biden until it encountered a level “so overwhelming in so many of these states that it broke the algorithm,” necessitating the fraud that Giuliani alleged. Oh, and this all somehow tied back to financier George Soros and the Clinton Foundation, of course.

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There was one comment Powell made, though, that hasn’t received much attention, an exchange that makes clear just how little credence should be given to her claims. It came during a brief question-and-answer period at the end of the news conference.

“Speaking of our vote being held and processed, tabulated overseas,” someone in attendance said, “there is reports that there was a piece of hardware, possibly a server picked up in Germany. Is that true, and is it related to this?”

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Of course you can see how absurd this is. California is deep red? I don't think so.

[Walleye]

1. So, the mysterious hidden server again? Is it in the basement

Are they replaying their greatest hits?

[Arne]

2. Simple mistake

We confused election map with Trump virus map.

[subterranean]

3. This may be a silly question, but...

Does the U.S. Army have any authority to raid a private company and seize its property in Germany?

I think I know the answer, but I'm not 100% sure. The reason I'm asking is that someone close to me actually believes this shit.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Of course not

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Germany is our ally. We're not there as occupiers anymore. If there was a raid it would be German authorities who did it. And I've been to Germany. They're quite effective

That's what makes the claim so fucking stupid.

[subterranean]

5. Thanks. That's what I thought.

The underlying premise of this ridiculous claim is that the U.S. military can just seize private property at will in an allied country. But I hadn't heard anyone bring up that point.