Sidney Powell: The Court Has Given Us A ‘Two-Hour Deposition’ Of Dominion’s Eric Coomer

[Buckeyes85]

I do realize some her outlandish claims and also seen the internal memo (that was published a long time ago). I am also familiar with the parent company diebold and their sordid history plus legal actions against them too.

Many of her remarks are 'we think this happened, give us time in court to prove it through discovery'. To date, they have not had that discovery.

That is not really an accurate summation of what is going on with regard to this defamation case.
A defamation claim is that a party has been damaged by a false claim made by another, or one that had no basis in fact to support it when made.

I do not get to call you a pedophile, and then say I need time to discover the facts to prove you are a pedophile. If I had no good faith basis in fact to make that claim, I have committed defamation (if written) or slander (if spoken).

Powell made outlandish claims against Dominion, for which it appears she had zero evidence in support. She is certainly due her opportunity to explore the issue via discovery but all indications are that she is going to go down in flames.

BTW- the more interesting deposition will be Dominion's attorneys opportunity to question her under oath. That will be like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

[Visbek]

Why does it have to be contiguous!?

Again, Dominion was never a subsidiary of Diebold. They purchased a subsidiary that previously belonged to Diebold.

When companies are bought out, and as years pass, management often changes. PES is very different than it was in 2004; its machines are completely different, as well.

More importantly: The PES machines had lax security, a condition that most likely was a result of a lack of transparency. CA sidelined only a few models, they did not blackball the entire company. While serious, that is a completely different kettle of fish than what Powell is saying. She is not saying that "Dominion machine security is weak," she's directly accusing Dominion of committing fraud.

All electronic voting machines had issues around that time. Pressure on the companies has resulted in significant improvements, including machines that produce paper copies of the vote right at the voting machine itself. Dominion's machines have been checked over and over and over, by audit and lawsuit, during the 2020 elections.

To be even more direct: Powell cannot say "PES machines had security issues in 2004, therefore I'm allowed to knowingly lie about Dominion committing fraud in order to damage them."

By the way, I took another look at the article you cited. Powell doesn't even seem to understand how a SLAPP defense works. It really doesn't help that she is continuing to promulgate lies even as I type. I won't repeat them here, but she clearly went off the deep end a long time ago.

 

[Buckeyes85]

The evidence has never been adjudicated in a court under oath. Stop with the CT stuff, you are speculating. The people that want this looked at deserve their day in court to have it done properly. Are you afraid of the possible outcome?

You should read JasperL's Post #74. 3 times over if necessary because that is the answer.

 

[lurchadams]

A belief found improbable by all available evidence is definitionally CT.

I'm pretty sure he thinks trump is still president.

 

[lurchadams]

She's royally screwed. She's going up against the person who really knows Dominion's technology and is well versed in programming security generally.

He'll wipe the floor with her CT crap.

We need to make an example out of these people trying to nuke our democracy. I hope she ends up broke and begging for mercy from her non-existent friends. **** her.

 

[Visbek]

The evidence has never been adjudicated in a court under oath.

Yes, it has. Repeatedly.

Powell's claims were so egregiously false that she's already gotten reprimanded for it, and is facing official sanctions in Texas. She could get disbarred.

The people that want this looked at deserve their day in court to have it done properly.

Hello? Do you not understand what's going on?

Powell is getting sued by Dominion for defamation. She isn't a brave investigator, she's a liar who is desperately trying to defend herself. She wasn't able to meet the most basic levels of credibility or evidence for her claims, but kept pushing them anyway, knowing they were not true, in an attempt to damage Dominion.

She isn't going to save herself by deposing a Dominion exec for a few hours. The court is just giving her sufficient latitude so that she has fewer grounds for appeal, when they severely limit her discovery.

 

[Craig234]

Does that matter? Are you afraid of a possible result you don't like? I'm not.

Why would you be afraid of it? You will just ignore it, like Republicans do with every other issue, like, say birtherism when it was debunked.

 

[element94]

Seriously? I think something regarding Putin is going on with this board, and wish we could get a deposition to get to the bottom of it. It's somehow linked to all the ransomware attacks we've been seeing for years. It'd be good to put the problem to rest. You do realize she claimed *Huge Chavez* was involved?

You may have heard the phrase Question Everything, but you may have never heard the rest of it: Until You Get The Answer You Want.

 

[Rexedgar]

To the OP and others who are defending Sidney Powell; does Ms. Powell’s recent past performance as a lawyer give you any pause?


There are only two and a half-hearted ones, you know who you are…..

 

[Lutherf]

Sorry for the source, popped up on my Sidney Powell RSS search feed.

If you chose to watch the video... there is actually an interview with her and she talks about the election.

Sidney Powell: The Court Has Given Us A 'Two-Hour Deposition' Of Dominion's Eric Coomer

Sidney Powell revealed that her legal team is going to be able to ask Eric Coomer -- the security director at the Colorado-based Dominion Voting Systems -- two hours worth of questions in a deposition

www.thefreedomtimes.com

So will this be a another dud or will Powell finally get her day in court?

To be fair, Powell does come off as a bit of a conspiracist and a few years ago I'd have written her off as a kook. However, having witnessed what was done with regard to "Russiagate", Flynn, the impeachments, etc. I can't reasonably back away from the idea that there is something going on.

The idea of fractional voting has been around for a while and it MIGHT have played a role in what we have been seeing over the years but such a scheme would be rather easily discoverable so I don't put a lot of stock in it. The so called "ghost voters" she talks about is a more likely scenario for how mail in tallies get manipulated and that would include obtaining ballots from incompetent, disinterested and coerced registrants. I do believe that there are issues in many districts where the vote totals end up extremely lopsided and have seen repeatedly how late tallies end up inevitably moving the count significantly in one direction.

 

[Bodecea]

Sorry for the source, popped up on my Sidney Powell RSS search feed.

If you chose to watch the video... there is actually an interview with her and she talks about the election.

Sidney Powell: The Court Has Given Us A 'Two-Hour Deposition' Of Dominion's Eric Coomer

Sidney Powell revealed that her legal team is going to be able to ask Eric Coomer -- the security director at the Colorado-based Dominion Voting Systems -- two hours worth of questions in a deposition

www.thefreedomtimes.com

So will this be a another dud or will Powell finally get her day in court?

The Kraken is on ventilator.

 

[Schweddy]

To be fair, Powell does come off as a bit of a conspiracist and a few years ago I'd have written her off as a kook. However, having witnessed what was done with regard to "Russiagate", Flynn, the impeachments, etc. I can't reasonably back away from the idea that there is something going on.

We align on this idea.

The idea of fractional voting has been around for a while and it MIGHT have played a role in what we have been seeing over the years but such a scheme would be rather easily discoverable so I don't put a lot of stock in it. The so called "ghost voters" she talks about is a more likely scenario for how mail in tallies get manipulated and that would include obtaining ballots from incompetent, disinterested and coerced registrants. I do believe that there are issues in many districts where the vote totals end up extremely lopsided and have seen repeatedly how late tallies end up inevitably moving the count significantly in one direction.

Fractional voting was brought to the public attention by Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai. That is some CRAZY stuff.

Why the **** would an election voting system even have this option? It's even in the manual. Granted few likely used it, but still - it's just a simple switch and available.

Fractional Voting for the uninitiated:
Vote this way and it counts as 1.2 and vote the other and it counts as .8. Seriously.

 

[element94]

Sorry for the source, popped up on my Sidney Powell RSS search feed.

If you chose to watch the video... there is actually an interview with her and she talks about the election.

Sidney Powell: The Court Has Given Us A 'Two-Hour Deposition' Of Dominion's Eric Coomer

Sidney Powell revealed that her legal team is going to be able to ask Eric Coomer -- the security director at the Colorado-based Dominion Voting Systems -- two hours worth of questions in a deposition

www.thefreedomtimes.com

So will this be a another dud or will Powell finally get her day in court?

Are we sure about this?

The Freedom Times is

 

[ashurbanipal]

I do realize some her outlandish claims and also seen the internal memo (that was published a long time ago). I am also familiar with the parent company diebold and their sordid history plus legal actions against them too.

Many of her remarks are 'we think this happened, give us time in court to prove it through discovery'. To date, they have not had that discovery.

If a deposition has been granted, discovery has already begun. Usually deposition is a later step in the discovery process, so presumably interrogatories have already been answered.

 

[Rexedgar]

For those unfamiliar with the above mentioned Dr.:

Shiva Ayyadurai - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[US&THEM]

To be fair, Powell does come off as a bit of a conspiracist and a few years ago I'd have written her off as a kook. However, having witnessed what was done with regard to "Russiagate", Flynn, the impeachments, etc. I can't reasonably back away from the idea that there is something going on.

The idea of fractional voting has been around for a while and it MIGHT have played a role in what we have been seeing over the years but such a scheme would be rather easily discoverable so I don't put a lot of stock in it. The so called "ghost voters" she talks about is a more likely scenario for how mail in tallies get manipulated and that would include obtaining ballots from incompetent, disinterested and coerced registrants. I do believe that there are issues in many districts where the vote totals end up extremely lopsided and have seen repeatedly how late tallies end up inevitably moving the count significantly in one direction.

Flynn needed Trump not POWELL.

 

[eohrnberger]

Allowed by whom?

The courts. Previously with a number of these or similar election related law suits, courts had ruled 'lack of standing', for some reason.
An instance where the law suit was not allowed to proceed.

 

[Visbek]

Fractional voting was brought to the public attention by Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai. That is some CRAZY stuff.

Yes, his claims are insane. They also aren't true. That's a debunked conspiracy theory.

 

[RaleBulgarian]

You might be right, but I'd love to watch if it is streamed. I really do believe something nefarious has going on with our elections for many years and hope they can finally put this stuff to rest.

Virtually every single claim made by those supporting Trump’s Big Lie have been disproven as lies. More than 60 lawsuits lost, dismissed, or withdrawn. Numerous state (including Republican run states) investigations and recounts completed, all confirming Biden’s legitimate win.

What causes you to believe that “something nefarious has going on with our elections”?

 

[RaleBulgarian]

I would guess so, she has been practicing law for over 40 years and was very successful.

That came to an end when she hitched her wagon to Trump’s crazy train.

 

[mike2810]

I do realize some her outlandish claims and also seen the internal memo (that was published a long time ago). I am also familiar with the parent company diebold and their sordid history plus legal actions against them too.

Many of her remarks are 'we think this happened, give us time in court to prove it through discovery'. To date, they have not had that discovery.

The phrase of "we think this happened" is used time and again to promote a theory that is not backed by known facts.
One could say "I think a ghost did it", and you would want this to go through the courts and discovery.

How about having ones act together and have the evidence before spouting a theory that is most likely bogus.

 

[Lutherf]

Virtually every single claim made by those supporting Trump’s Big Lie have been disproven as lies. More than 60 lawsuits lost, dismissed, or withdrawn. Numerous state (including Republican run states) investigations and recounts completed, all confirming Biden’s legitimate win.

What causes you to believe that “something nefarious has going on with our elections”?

If you listened to the video you would hear that the concern isn't so much over absolute counts but, rather, what is being counted. The vote count in 2020 was 17% above what it was in 2020 with more than 20 million more votes cast than in the prior general election. That increase was the largest in more than 100 years and, as such, warrants a little extra scrutiny. That extra scrutiny is even more warranted as the method of voting was also changed in so many states. Those two changes are not directly indicative of fraud but would lead a person interested in the integrity of the vote to take a more detailed look at what caused the change and whether or not the changes opened the door to manipulation of vote tallies.

 

[What if...?]

The evidence has never been adjudicated in a court under oath. Stop with the CT stuff, you are speculating. The people that want this looked at deserve their day in court to have it done properly. Are you afraid of the possible outcome?

Nah. Just don't want more tax money spent determining whether unicorn farts affected the election.

"Be suspiscious!" Says conservative media figures and politicians.

"All our consituents are suspiscious!" Say those same media figures and politicians to justify a bunch of new legislation.

 

[Schweddy]

Just don't want more tax money spent determining whether unicorn farts affected the election.

Agreed. But, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, chances are it might be fowl.

"Be suspiscious!" Says conservative media figures and politicians.

You might be shocked to know that our very own VP of the US was saying the same thing 4 years ago. She even claimed the election was hackable and saw with her own eyes.

 

[Craig234]

You might be shocked to know that our very own VP of the US was saying the same thing 4 years ago. She even claimed the election was hackable and saw with her own eyes.

No, she didn't. She said that in a *demonstration*, the machines were hacked, showing security vulnerabilities; not that the election was hacked.