In a court filing, Giuliani’s lawyer said that Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit should be rejected for lack of jurisdiction and because the company did not justify its request for money damages sufficiently. 

The filing said Giuliani denies defaming Dominion. It also said that a more forceful defense would be presented by the former New York City mayor on the merits if his jurisdictional arguments are rejected by the judge in the District of Columbia assigned to the case.

“Should this matter reach legal or factual adjudication on the merits, Giuliani will provide a vigorous and complete response,” the court filing stated.

Trump and his supporters kept denying his election defeat for two months and claimed that it was the result of voting fraud across the country without evidence.

Denver-based Dominion filled a lawsuit on Jan. 25 alleging that Giuliani “manufactured and disseminated the ‘Big Lie,’ which seem to have deceived millions of people into believing that Dominion had stolen their votes and fixed the election.”

Giuliani, later on, said that Dominion’s lawsuit was aimed at deterring him from exercising his free speech rights.

Like Giuliani, Sidney Powell, another former Trump campaign lawyer, and pro-Trump businessman Mike Lindell of My Pillow Inc have denied defaming Dominion as they were also included in similar pending defamation lawsuits from Dominion.  

The lawsuit filed on Friday in Delaware stated that Fox sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process. “If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, then nothing does,” the lawsuit mentioned.

The complaint also mentions that Fox endorsed, repeated, and broadcast a series of lies that were devastating and verifiably false about Dominion, including claims that the company’s software manipulated the results of the 2020 vote.

In response to the lawsuit filed, Fox News issued a statement Friday morning stating that it “is proud of our 2020 election coverage, which stands in the highest tradition of American journalism, and will vigorously defend against this baseless lawsuit in court.”

Dominion also said that some of its employees have faced harassment and even death threats over claims raised by Fox News.

Dominion’s lawsuit asks for a jury trial and is seeking at least $1.6 billion in lost profits and enterprise value, plus more than $1 million in security expenses and expenses combating disinformation.

Trump ally and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, and Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell, lawyers who worked with Trump on his post-election flurry of legal actions are few others against whom Dominion has filed defamation lawsuits.

The suit also mentions Eric Gavelek Munchel, a Fox Business viewer who is now facing federal charges. 

Authorities identified him as a man who wore dark military-style fatigues and carried a bundle of flex cuffs as he clambered over seats in the Senate chamber.