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NEW: To protect herself from a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit, Sidney Powell was supposed to stick to her wacky *opinions* that a voting technology company somehow stole the 2020 election, and not try to present the conspiracy theory as a matter of fact trib.al/i6lV6dj
But she just couldn’t help herself.

Powell drew nationwide attention last month for her bizarre claim at a Dallas MAGA rally that the twice-impeached former President Trump could be “reinstated” as commander-in-chief.
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In the May 29 panel discussion, Powell said Dominion’s suit against her should be dismissed because “number one, they don't have jurisdiction over us and number two, we meant what we said and we have the evidence to back it up” trib.al/i6lV6dj
The statement was a tactical error, defamation law experts say—one that could come back to haunt her in court.

“That seems like an extremely damaging admission from Ms. Powell that eviscerates her main defense,” Ted Boutrous Jr. told The Daily Beast. trib.al/i6lV6dj

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This is only the “tip of the iceberg of all the crazy stuff that went on this winter,” @gtconway3d tells @MollyJongFast on the latest episode of @NewAbnormalPod. “These guys were doing some wild, wild stuff.”

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QAnon fandom paid $500 a pop to play trivia games, attend an auction featuring a picture of Flynn as a minuteman, and watch videos of WWG1WGA stormtroopers dethroning Joe Biden.

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