Posted on 12/18/2020 10:56:33 AM PST by Beave Meister
It took them 6 weeks to finally give a response.
Sort of like a criminal who is thrown in prison for robbery and only months later decides to plead an alibi.
It’s amazing how given enough time, any thug can come up with an explanation for their crimes.
Sidney Powell has been going after some very powerful people. I dont think a strongly worded letter will make a dent.
Perhaps the letter gives specific examples - unless Dominion rattles a saber as it paints with broad brush wanting the public to accept it as true else Dominion would not make such a demand. Maybe it was also done to throw the scent off the trail or attempt to undermine Powell’s case.
It is also noteworthy that it took them 1.5 months to respond, and they lawyer-ed up first instead of appearing in public to explain their voting system operations. Not sure why one would need a lawyer for that, other than they probably are not trained how to deal with investigatory bodies who ask errant questions. Bring on the suits with their lawsuits and discovery. It probably won’t get very far.
These election thieves are trash, pure vermin.
CCP voting machines? Bring it on bastards.
I guess the geniuses at Dominion didn’t stop to think before threatening Powell that her goal from the start may have been to get them into court, where discovery can occur.
The actual cause of action would be “libel”, defamation falls under that umbrella.
But, the big takeaway is that Dominion is in pure panic mode if they’re ranting about “defamation”. That is one of the most difficult civil cases to win. Plaintiffs’ lawyers hate them.
Any indication whether this rant came from the enchanting CEO or from the lawyers, who should have more sense?
With defamation claims, you run into a huge 1A brick wall.
It would be an interesting legal question as to whether or not Dominion now qualifies as a “public figure” for libel purposes. That raises the evidentiary bar even higher for plaintiff.
Absent a showing of public figure status, Dominion would have to demonstrate that Sydney Powell knew or reasonable should have known that her statements were false. This could be a bit of a tough hill to climb with Allied Security’s report freely available.
And, if all of that is not enough, Dominion has to show pecuniary losses. These have to be provable and specific. The standard is that “but for” Ms Powell’s statements, Dominion would have earned X amount of dollars. This is where cases really fall apart, if they make it this far. Can you get customers to testify that the ONLY reason they canceled their contracts was because of something Ms Powell said?
Good luck with that.
I love when the enemy starts screaming defamation. It’s a signal of hysterics and an inadvertent white flag that reads: “I have no defenses!”
But I don’t see them bringing a suit.
Nope, obligatory bluff. Might as well have said “Good morning, how are you”
Sidney will welcome a lawsuig because she can get them into discovery where they will have to reveal whether what she alleges is true—or not true.
I’m betting on her.
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