Sidney Powell S Lawyer Argues Reasonable People Understand Political Speech Often Inexact
Powell filed a series of groundless election lawsuits in an effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory over former President Donald Trump. The controversial lawyer baselessly claimed that Smartmatic worked with foreign nations and the Democrats to “rig” or “steal” the election from Trump. All of her lawsuits—as well as dozens of others filed by Trump and his supporters—were rejected in state and federal courts. In a memorandum filed in a bid to dismiss the lawsuit, which was filed with the New York Supreme Court, Powell’s attorney argued that her actions did not legally qualify as defamation....