Sidney Powell unrelenting in legal battle on Trump’s behalf by Kate Burmback, AP News, December 10, 2020:
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Despite being tossed off the president’s legal team, Powell has continued to push his claim that the election was stolen.
She filed her lawsuit in Georgia the day before Thanksgiving, one of a group of similar “Kraken” suits — including in Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona — that allege widespread fraud in seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election.
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U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten promptly dismissed the Georgia suit at the end of an hourlong hearing Monday. The suits in Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona met similar fates. Powell is vowing to fight on in appeals.
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“It’s hard to believe that the lawyers actually believe they’re going to win,” New York University law professor Stephen Gillers said. “The reason you file a lawsuit is to win. But when their loss rate is as high as it is, one looks for another explanation for what they’re doing.”
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Powell appeared Dec. 2 at a “Stop the Steal” rally in Alpharetta, a suburb north of Atlanta, alongside prominent Atlanta attorney Lin Wood, who has teamed up with her on the Kraken suits and filed his own federal lawsuit challenging the outcome of the election in Georgia.
Wood invited questions from the audience. The first woman to climb onstage to ask a question turned to Powell and said, “First of all, Sidney, you’re my hero.” ...
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There are rules of civil procedure and ethics rules that forbid lawyers from filing cases with no factual or legal basis, and judges can impose sanctions for frivolous or vexatious lawsuits or motions. But it’s pretty rare, and judges might be more forgiving in cases like election-related lawsuits, where lawyers have less time to gather facts and draft their pleadings, Fordham University law professor Bruce Green said.
So why is she doing this? My guess is that she has political ambitions. Either she wants to run for office, or she wants a new career as a right wing media star. Either way, her first step is to make herself a "hero" to the Republican base.
This is not about winning because as you said they know they do not have a chance. This is to fire up the base to do bad things.
12 Dec 2020, 6:32 am
