Trump Campaign Cuts Ties With Lawyer Sidney Powell Who Promoted Wild Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories
The Trump campaign released a statement on Sunday seeking to distance itself from lawyer Sidney Powell, who has spun outlandish tales of election fraud to news organizations, three days after the attorney was front and center at a press conference with Rudy Giuliani, the president¡¯s personal lawyer, and Jenna Ellis, Trump campaign legal adviser.
Powell ¡°is not a member of the Trump Legal Team,¡± Giuliani said in a statement sent out by the Trump campaign Sunday, adding she is ¡°also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity.
Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own. She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity," Trump¡¯s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis said in a statement.
Though Giuliani said Powell is not a member of the legal team, she recently spoke alongside him at a news conference for the campaign where she alleged several election fraud conspiracies.
President Donald Trump recently listed Powell as ¡°spearheading the legal effort¡± in a tweet alongside several attorneys he described as ¡°a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers.¡±
In a series of media appearances, Powell has made numerous unfounded allegations about the presidential election. She has baselessly alleged that "thousands" of poll workers were secretly complicit in a conspiracy against Trump and that foreign actors had altered the vote counts. There is no evidence for any of these claims.
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"President Donald Trump recently listed Powell as ¡°spearheading the legal effort¡± in a tweet alongside several attorneys he described as ¡°a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers.¡±"