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ADAM GRAY / Donald Trump / Rudy Giuliani
Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are currently complaining about Joe Biden’s alleged“abuse” of the autopen, but it’s all good that he continues to issue pardons to absolutely despicable people.
Late Sunday, Ed Martin, the pardon attorney in Donald Trump’s administration, released a list of 75 people who received pardons from Trump. On it, Rudy Giuliani is one of the names that stood out, along with other loyal MAGA folks who tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Deadline reports the pardons apply to “conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any state or state official, in connection with the 2020 presidential election, as well for conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraid and vulnerabilities in the 2020 Presidential Election.”
Along with his right-hand man in corruption, Rudy Giuliani, other names on that list include: Sidney Powell, Boris Epshteyn, Mark Meadows, Christina Bobb, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, and Jenna Ellis.
A good number of the people on that list tried and failed to present a list of alternate electors to Congress in a heada** attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
No one on the list was charged with federal crimes, but pardons would prevent future federal indictments.
The pardons do not cancel out charges brought at the state level.
Social media is not shocked, but still disgusted at Trump’s continued push of an outright lie, and letting every person who tried to subvert the results of the 2020 election and nullify former President Joe Biden’s victory.
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Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court for failing to pay two Black Georgia election workers he defamed, spurring online mockery.
On Monday (January 6), a federal judge held Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for refusing to cooperate in turning over personal assets awarded to two Black women who served as poll workers in the state of Georgia. Giuliani had accused them of interference in the 2020 presidential election. The former mayor of New York City, citing health issues, was present to hear the ruling via video conference. After being admonished by U.S. District Court Judge Lewis J. Liman for interrupting his own counsel, Giuliani did not return after the court took a recess for lunch. Giuliani was ordered to pay Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss 148 million dollars in a verdict decided last year for defamation.
“The defendant has been attempting to run out the clock,” Judge Liman said before stating that he wasn’t concerned with the 80-year-old’s insistence that he had numerous other obligations, noting that he “willfully violated a clear and unambiguous order of the court.” “The fact that he is a busy person and relied on others is not an excuse,” he said. The ruling of contempt also stated that Giuliani had deliberately blocked attempts by the legal team representing Moss and Freeman to determine his true primary address, which for years was a 10-room penthouse cooperative apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Other assets of the disbarred lawyer include a 1980 Mercedes-Benz convertible, 26 designer watches and rare New York Yankees collectibles, which include a rare jersey worn by Hall-of-Famer Joe DiMaggio.
Another asset, a condo in Palm Beach, Florida which is valued at $3.5 million, is the subject of another federal court hearing that Giuliani is set to appear at on Friday (January 10). Liman stated during the hearing that Giuliani’s attempts to dodge verification of his primary residence would allow the court to draw negative conclusions about his testimony in that hearing. The ruling earned Giuliani a bevy of comments mocking his situation on social media, particularly noting that the decision came on the fourth anniversary of the January 6th insurrection and the Trump advisor’s response to the courtroom sketch artist’s depiction of him.
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Fox News managed to avoid further embarrassment in a defamation trial by reaching a historic settlement with Dominion Voting Systems before it got underway.
The right-wing media network came to terms on a settlement with the company on Tuesday (April 18) after a reportedly racially diverse jury selection in the defamation trial held in Delaware related to false claims made about Dominion’s role in the 2020 presidential elections by former President Donald Trump was completed. Judge Eric M. Davis informed the court of the settlement, which was later revealed to be $787.5 million. Dominion was originally seeking $1.6 billion in damages.
“Money is accountability and we got that today from Fox,” said Dominion attorney Stephen Shackleford in a statement outside of Delaware Superior Court after the trial’s dismissal. “The truth matters. Lies have consequences,” said Justin Nelson, another attorney for the voting system manufacturer. Dominion Voting Systems also has pending lawsuits against Newsmax and OANN as well as Trump supporters Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell, and Sidney Powell.
Other details of the settlement weren’t disclosed, but the most striking element was that Fox News was not required to issue an apology on air. In its vague statement issued afterward, it conceded being found at fault: “We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. This settlement reflects Fox’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.” The settlement also means that Fox’s top personalities such as Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham and founder Rupert Murdoch would not have to take the stand and testify.
Judge Davis had previously ruled that Fox had aired false claims in 20 broadcasts on its network concerning Dominion’s role in the presidential election, with implicit “no contest” pleas for several pretrial findings in the case. Many observers noted that while Dominion had a high bar to prove defamation in the trial, the volumes of damning information it had from Fox News stars reluctant to amplify Trump’s false claims and being sanctioned for withholding evidence placed the network at a serious disadvantage.
The settlement doesn’t mean Fox News is safe. Another election tech company, Smartmatic, has a lawsuit against the network. In a statement to Semafor political reporter Ben Smith published on Twitter, their lawyer Erik Connolly stated: “Dominion’s litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by Fox’s disinformation campaign. Smartmatic will expose the rest.” The case is still in the discovery phase.
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