WASHINGTON (AP) – Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation suit against attorney Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $ 1.3 billion for Powell’s “wild accusations” that the company rigged Joe’s presidential election Biden.
“Dominion brings this action to clear things up,” said the company in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington.
Powell said for weeks without evidence that the electoral technology provider, whose vote counting equipment was used in several states, was part of a scheme to steal the election of President Donald Trump. Powell has represented Trump in a series of unsuccessful lawsuits to contest the election result.
She said the company was created in Venezuela to rig elections for the late leader Hugo Chávez and has the ability to exchange votes.
There was no widespread fraud in the election, which a number of election officials across the country, including former Trump attorney general William Barr, confirmed. Republican governors in Arizona and Georgia, key battlefield states crucial to Biden’s victory, also ensured the integrity of elections in their states. Almost all legal challenges to Trump and his allies have been rejected by judges, including two contested by the Supreme Court, which includes three judges appointed by Trump.
The company said, “There are mountains of direct evidence that conclusively refute Powell’s vote-rigging allegations against Dominion – that is, the millions of paper ballots that were audited and retold by bipartisan and volunteer officials in Georgia and other states. undecided, which confirmed that Dominion accurately votes counted on paper ballots. “
Dominion said that when he formally told Powell that his claims were false and asked her to recant, she “doubled down”, using her Twitter account with more than 1 million followers to expand the claims.
Eric Coomer, director of security at Dominion, has already sued Powell, Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and the president’s campaign for defamation after he was forced into hiding by death threats. Conservative columnists and news outlets were also cited in the Coomer lawsuit, opened in Colorado, where the company is based.
Powell did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.