Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos told Axios on Monday that the company plans to sue conspiracy attorney Sidney Powell “imminently” for defamation.
“Our focus right now is on Sidney Powell, and there’s very good reason for that. She is by far in our opinion the most egregious and prolific purveyor of the falsities against Dominion. Her statements have caused real damage. They’re demonstrably false,” Poulos said on an episode of Axios Re:Cap podcast.
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Powell has made numerous false claims about Dominion including that their algorithm switched votes from Trump to President elect Biden in the election then the company paid election official to cover it up and other ridiculous claims like the software the company used was developed in Venezuela under the orders of long-dead Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
“We were originally quiet and we sat back as a company because our hope was that all of these claims would be filed in a process in court where procedure and evidence is important. And it’s become clear to us that there is absolutely no interest to reveal this evidence,” Poulos said.
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“And because we know it doesn’t exist and there’s no effort to actually put it in front of a court proceeding so that these allegations and all of the evidence can follow a proper process and be litigated right to the end. And because of that, that’s why we’re filing,” he added.
The company will file their lawsuit against Powell “when the lawyers are ready” Poulos said, adding, “it’s imminent”.
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Donald Trump has also made false claims about the company, as recent as Saturday night during a phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
“Dominion took out machines. That Dominion is really moving fast to get rid of their, uh, machinery. Do you know anything about that? Because that’s illegal, right?” Trump asked Raffensperger in the call.
After Raffensperger’s counsel Ryan Germany, answered that Dominion did not move any machinery, Trump asked, “but have they moved the inner parts of the machines and replaced them with other parts?.”
“No,” Germany said.
“Are you sure? Ryan?” Trump pressed.
“I’m sure. I’m sure, Mr. President,” Germany replied.
Poulos was not so forthcoming when asked if he was going to sue Donald Trump. When pressed he said he could only confirm the suit against Sidney Powell.
