Voter machine company Dominion has drafted a letter to former President Donald Trump to preserve his records in case they pursue a laws...
Voter machine company Dominion has drafted a letter to former President Donald Trump to preserve his records in case they pursue a lawsuit against him for his debunked claims of election fraud, a spokesman has said.
Company spokesman Michael Steel would not tell MSNBC's Deadline: White House if they were suing President Trump outright.
But he revealed letters would be sent to a 'number of figures, right-wing media outlets, and others, and we're making a decision on a case by case basis, building as we go.'
When asked if Trump was getting a letter, Steel stated: 'I believe so, yes.'
Michael Steel would not tell MSNBC's Deadline: White House if they were suing President Trump outright
When asked if Trump was getting a letter, Steel stated: 'I believe so, yes'
Steel slammed Trump and his followers for having 'attacked a great American company' and for undermining 'the American people's confidence in the democratic system.'
Both Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, part of Trump's failed legal team to challenge the results, have been named in separate lawsuits for $1.3billion.
The Dominion spokesperson said that the company felt 'very good' about the prospects of winning the cases, according to a clip of the interview obtained by Mediaite.
'I mean, we're looking at serious charges. We have fairly conclusive — look at it this way,' he added. 'Rudy Giuliani went to every microphone available, every podium, every podcast, every cable news show, repeating these lies — but not in a court of law.
Steel slammed Trump and his followers for having 'attacked a great American company' and for undermining 'the American people's confidence in the democratic system'
'That's because lying in a court of law has consequences. That's why we want to get them into a courtroom where there are consequences for lies and let the American people see the truth and our court system find justice.'
Steele stressed the importance in noting that Dominion is a 'nonpartisan American company,' adding that he had appeared on Fox News on behalf of the company.
'I actually have already appeared on Fox News as the spokesman for the company,' Steel noted. 'This is an important thing. This is a nonpartisan American company. It sells to elections officials in red states and blue states, red counties and blue counties.
'Because it uses a voter verified paper ballot in places like Georgia, we have been able to go back and audit and recount again and again. There is no way that this system could have been manipulated in the way that these folks are alleging, and we have to prove that to the American people, repair our reputation, and move forward.'
Dominion is one of the nation's largest voting machine companies and provided machines for the state of Georgia, the critical battleground that Biden won and which flipped control of the U.S. Senate.
A touchscreen voting machine is seen at a Fulton County polling station in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. October 13
The company says it faced such a mountain of threats and criticism that one of its top executives went into hiding.
The suit against Giuliani is based on statements he made on Twitter, in conservative media and during legislative hearings where the former mayor of New York claimed the voting machine company conspired to flip votes to President Joe Biden.
Dominion's lawsuit, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia, is among the first major signs of fallout for the former president's allies and the failed effort to subvert the 2020 election that ended with a Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob that claimed the election had been stolen.
'For Dominion - whose business is producing and providing voting systems for elections - there are no accusations that could do more to damage Dominion´s business or to impugn Dominion´s integrity, ethics, honesty, and financial integrity,' the lawsuit says.
'Giuliani's statements were calculated to - and did in fact - provoke outrage and cause Dominion enormous harm.'
But Giuliani issued a statement through WABC, the talk radio station on which he has a show, saying he would fight the suit and suggesting he would use the case to prove election fraud did happen.
'Dominion's defamation lawsuit for $1.3B will allow me to investigate their history, finances, and practices fully and completely,' he said.
'The amount being asked for is, quite obviously, intended to frighten people of faint heart.
'It is another act of intimidation by the hate-filled left-wing to wipe out and censor the exercise of free speech, as well as the ability of lawyers to defend their clients vigorously. As such, we will investigate a countersuit against them for violating these Constitutional rights.
There was no widespread fraud in the election, a range of election officials across the country including Trump's former attorney general, William Barr, have confirmed.
Republican governors in Arizona and Georgia, key battleground states crucial to Biden's victory, also vouched for the integrity of the elections in their states.
Nearly all the legal challenges from Trump and his allies have been dismissed by judges, including two tossed by the Supreme Court, which includes three Trump-nominated justices.
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