Sidney Powell’s defense lawyers say her conspiracy theories about Dominion were way too outlandish to be taken seriously

• Sidney Powell moved to dismiss the $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit Dominion filed against her.
• Her lawyers say no reasonable person would take her claims about Dominion seriously.
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Attorneys representing the attorney Sidney Powell filed a motion Monday to dismiss a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems, arguing her conspiracy theories about the election-technology company having ties to Venezuela and secretly rigging the 2020 presidential election should not have been taken literally.

“Even [assuming] that each of the statements alleged in the Complaint could be proved true or false, no reasonable person would conclude that the statements were truly statements of fact,” Powell’s attorneys wrote in the filing.