Dominion Voting Systems employee sues Trump campaign, allies for defamation
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A monitor showing Dominion Voting Image Cast Central display tab is seen as Cobb County Election officials count ballots on a machine, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
By: KMGH Staff
and last updated 2020-12-23 09:16:48-05
DENVER â The Director of Product Strategy and Security at Dominion Voting Systems Inc, Eric Coomer, filed a lawsuit in Colorado this week against the Donald J. Trump for President, Inc organization for claims of defamation, civil conspiracy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
âI have filed a lawsuit in Colorado in an effort to unwind as much of the damage as possible done to me, my family, my life, and my livelihood as a result of the numerous false public statements that I was somehow responsible for âriggingâ the 2020 presidential election,â Coomer said.
Conspiracy theorists on the Right may be about to reap what they have sewed.
Ever since Election Day, lawyers and media allies of President Donald Trump and sometimes the president himself have frequently pushed conspiracy theories involving the voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems, as well as a different firm in the voting space, Smartmatic. The conspiracy theories have alleged everything from Dominion having switched votes from one candidate to another, to fantastical ideas about the ownership of Dominion and Smartmatic.
Different theories have posited that one or the other voting companies is owned or controlled by billionaire George Soros, the government of Venezuela, that country’s deceased dictator Hugo Chavez, and relatives of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Dianne Feinstein, or even President-elect Joseph Biden. Another assertion was that the votes in the election had been counted in Germany and that the U.S. Army at some point had staged a raid of the facility wh
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A top employee of Dominion Voting Systems, who has gone into hiding after becoming the subject of conspiracy theories on the right since the election, is suing the Trump campaign, a number of campaign surrogates and pro-Trump media outlets, alleging defamation.
Eric Coomer, director of product strategy and security for the Denver-based company, has been baselessly accused of using his position to mastermind a high-tech plot to steal the election for President-elect Joe Biden. Biden s victory has been certified in the states by officials of both parties with no evidence of widespread fraud or irregularities.
Coomer s suit, filed Tuesday in Colorado state district court in Denver, accuses those responsible of spreading the falsehoods of intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil conspiracy.