Dominion Voting Systems can move forward with its defamation lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani, attorney Sidney Powell and MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols rejected the efforts by the three allies of former President Donald Trump to dismiss the Dominion lawsuits, centered on their claims that the voting company rigged the 2020 election.
His ruling (read it here) also comes a day after Dominion filed a series of $1.6 billion claims against Newsmax and One America News Network, as well as another high profile figure who has spread election conspiracy theories, Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock.
Nichols ruled that Dominion had sufficient grounds to pursue its cases against Giuliani, Powell and Lindell, with the election systems company seeking damages of $1.3 billion from each of the defendants.
Giuliani had argued that the lawsuit against him should be dismissed on procedural grounds,...
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols rejected the efforts by the three allies of former President Donald Trump to dismiss the Dominion lawsuits, centered on their claims that the voting company rigged the 2020 election.
His ruling (read it here) also comes a day after Dominion filed a series of $1.6 billion claims against Newsmax and One America News Network, as well as another high profile figure who has spread election conspiracy theories, Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock.
Nichols ruled that Dominion had sufficient grounds to pursue its cases against Giuliani, Powell and Lindell, with the election systems company seeking damages of $1.3 billion from each of the defendants.
Giuliani had argued that the lawsuit against him should be dismissed on procedural grounds,...
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