A US voting machine company filed a $1.3bn (€1.07bn) lawsuit against former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his “big lie” campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents yesterday showed.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) A U.S. voting machine company filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against former President Donald Trump s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his big lie campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents on Monday showed.
The Denver-based company, Dominion Voting Systems Inc, filed an earlier lawsuit against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, whom the company also accused of spreading false conspiracy theories about the election that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
A senior Dominion employee, Eric Coomer, also filed a defamation lawsuit against the Trump campaign, saying he had been driven into hiding because of death threats from Trump supporters.
Giuliani and his lawyer, Robert Costello, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Jan Wolfe and Susan Heavey / Reuters | 8:01 am, Jan. 25, 2021 ×
Then-President Donald Trump s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani gestures as he speaks as Trump supporters gather by the White House ahead of his speech to contest the certification by the U.S. Congress of the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Jan. 25 (Reuters) A U.S. voting machine company filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against former President Donald Trump s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his big lie campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents on Monday showed.
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The company, Dominion Voting Systems Inc, earlier filed lawsuits against the Trump campaign and former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, whom the company also accused of spreading false conspiracy theories about the election that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
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WASHINGTON: A U.S. voting machine company sued former President Donald Trump s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his big lie campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents on Monday showed. The company, Dominion Voting Systems Inc, earlier filed lawsuits against the Trump campaign and former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, whom the company also accused of spreading false conspiracy theories about the election that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.