Trump’s adviser Giuliani asks judge to dismiss Dominion’s $1.3 billion lawsuit

Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday asked a judge to throw out Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit relating to his false claims about the November 2020 presidential election being manipulated.

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.