HOWARD KLEINHENDLER, ATTORNEY FOR SIDNEY POWELL, RESPONDS TO MEDIA ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING MOTION TO DISMISS FILED AGAINST DOMINION COMPLAINT
New York, New York March 23, 2021
Yesterday, several news media outlets cut and paste out of context portions of our motion to dismiss the Dominion complaint to “spin” a message that the election fraud allegations that Ms. Powell presented to various courts and to the public were not credible. I’d like to clarify what actually was presented to the court. First, let me be clear: any suggestion that “no reasonable person” would believe Ms. Powell or her comments on the election is false. The language these reports referred to is a legal standard adopted by the courts to determine whether statements qualify as opinions which are exempt from defamation liability.
As the DC Circuit reaffirmed just last week, there is no claim for defamation when the alleged “defamatory” statement is a legal opinion. Ms. Powell’s statements fall precisely into this category. Ms. Powell reviewed sworn affidavits, declarations, expert testimony, and other highly corroborated evidence concerning the election which Ms. Powell filed with the courts and shared publicly. She continues to stand by those opinions today. Our motion, in part, argues that the Dominion case should be dismissed because legal opinions are not grounds for defamation.
In sum, the legal standard of a technical legal defense crafted by the courts has been improperly manipulated by the media to tell a false narrative. Ms. Powell is not backing down or retracting her previous statements concerning Dominion. Dominion’s case lacks legal merit and should be dismissed in its entirety.
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Fake news doesn’t want to go up against the Kraken.
Yeah, but the delay in repercussions is emboldening them.
The higher they set themselves, the greater the fall.
Of course it is. Only idiots thought otherwise because they lack the comprehension skills to actually read the document and place trust in Buzzfeed reporters. Buzzfeed. Says it all, doesn't it?
When Powell's counter to the Dominion suit came out vs. the interpreted version of it by Buzzfeed reporters all I could think of was Rudy Guliani during one of the election cases.
"People lack the discipline, maybe the intelligence, to read through this." - Rudy.
What a world, when reading a glorified tablet is considered journalism instead of doing real research.
This exactly.
Not arguing, but a stupider move is to dismiss when she can prove her opinion is a legal one, meanwhile digging deep into discovery and exposing all kinds of shit, legally, that one would not have otherwise been able to obtain. She could have really had them by the balls, and I'm not sure why that chance is being passed up.
Sidney is a touchstone for integrity.
I really hope she’s hasn’t been just blowing smoke this whole time. I’m starting to feel like I’m being lied to. Trump was supposed to be POTUS.