Rudy Giuliani sued by Dominion Voting Systems for defamation chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems comes weeks after a similar case against ex-Trump attorney Sidney Powell.
Rudy Giuliani walks to a senate hearing at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on December 3. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
WASHINGTON (CN) A voting machine company filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit Monday against Rudy Giuliani, saying the personal attorney to former President Donald Trump defamed it through the “big lie” campaign that denied the results of the 2020 election.
Represented by Thomas Clare of Clare Locke in Alexandria, Virginia, Dominion Voting Systems has brought a 107-page federal complaint in Washington that says the lies of widespread voter fraud spread by the former New York City mayor culminated in the storming of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, an insurrection led by a pro-Trump mob convinced the election had been stolen.
By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Patient readers, this is a bit light because I have to finish up a second post on the Capitol Seizure. –lambert
Bird Song of the Day
I know I’m editorializing… I’ll try to get back on track next week.
#COVID19
At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site.
Lambert here: Well, I said “If these declines continue through the end of the week, I’m gonna have to conclude we’re looking at a genuine fall in the numbers not the current narrative, I might add and that we are not looking at a reporting effect from the long weekend.” So I have to conclude we’re looking at a genuine fall in the numbers.
Cyberwarfare, Ethical Hacking, and Ransomware: 2021 Predictions
Cyberwarfare, Ethical Hacking, and Ransomware: 2021 PredictionsBy Casey Ellis on
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Although there was an increase in cyberattacks
and misinformation in 2020 as malicious actors sought to capitalize on the
pandemic and presidential election, this new threat landscape also led to a
business boom for crowdsourced security as organizations looked for ways to
strengthen their security posture. As such, here is how the cybersecurity
landscape should evolve in response to these trends throughout 2021.
The Life-or-Death
Nature of Ransomware in Healthcare Will Increase Pressure to Pay Ransoms
Historically, hospitals have been a lucrative
The four-member state Board of Elections should unite as a bloc today to reject certification of a voting machine, the ExpressVote XL, that undermines the sound and practical use of paper ballots.