{"id":623,"date":"2022-09-28T18:02:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T18:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2022-11-01T16:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:40:44","slug":"judge-tosses-powell-lawsuit-against-dominion-voting-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/judge-tosses-powell-lawsuit-against-dominion-voting-systems\/njackson\/2022\/09\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Tosses Powell Lawsuit Against Dominion Voting Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has tossed out a lawsuit filed by pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell against Dominion Voting Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wednesday dismissal comes as the voting systems company pursues its own $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against her, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/3665014-judge-tosses-sidney-powells-countersuit-against-dominion-voting-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In a three-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols granted Dominion\u2019s request to toss the case after finding Powell failed to show that Dominion\u2019s defamation suit against her constituted an abuse of justice.<\/p><p>\u201cPowell\u2019s complaint fails to link her abuse-of-process claim to any act that Dominion has taken other than filing and pursuing its lawsuit,\u201d wrote Nichols, who was appointed to the federal district court in D.C. by former President Trump. \u201cShe has thus failed to state a claim for abuse of process.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling follows a similar ruling targeting MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell who is also a target in Dominion&#8217;s lawsuit and another by Smartmatic Voting Systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominion alleged Powell intentionally made defamatory statements about the voting machine company as she helped lead the former president\u2019s failed effort to thwart U.S. democracy by giving Trump a second White House term despite losing the 2020 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has tossed out a lawsuit filed by pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell against Dominion Voting Systems. The Wednesday dismissal comes as the voting systems company pursues its own $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against her, according to The Hill. 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