WASHINGTON – Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, a personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump, alleging defamation over his repeated complaints about the reliability of voting machines in the 2020 election.
The 107-page lawsuit alleges that Giuliani made more than 50 statements disparaging the company’s equipment in speeches, on Twitter and on podcasts.
“Although he was unwilling to make false election fraud claims about Dominion and its voting machines in a court of law because he knew those allegations are false, he and his allies manufactured and disseminated the ‘Big Lie,’ which foreseeably went viral and deceived millions of people into believing that Dominion had stolen their votes and fixed the election,” the lawsuit said.
Dominion Voting Systems sues Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s lawyer, for $1.3B over ‘a viral disinformation campaign’
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, left, listens to Sidney Powell, both lawyers for President Donald Trump, during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday Nov. 19, 2020, in Washington.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
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Rudy Giuliani, one of former President Donald Trump’s attorneys, faces a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems, which accuses Giuliani of leading a “viral disinformation campaign” as Trump and his allies relied on debunked election conspiracies in a failed legal battle seeking to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory.
Dominion files $1.3B defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani over demonstrably false election claims
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President Donald Trump s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON - Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, seeking more than $1.3 billion in damages for Giuliani’s repeatedly disproven allegations that the company rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden.
The 107-page lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accuses Giuliani of a viral disinformation campaign against Dominion, based on dozens of statements he made at hearings, in news media, on his podcast and on Twitter.
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It comes after reports Trump was angered that Giuliani has requested money for his services.
Rudy Giuliani has admitted that his associate emailed Trump campaign officials requesting he be paid $20,000 per day to dispute the results of the November election.