Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani sued for US$1.3 billion over ‘big lie’ election fraud claims
- Dominion Voting Systems accuses Giuliani of defamation over his campaign to overturn Trump’s defeat in the November polls
- The US voting machine company says it has spent US$565,000 on private security to protect its employees, who are facing harassment and death threats
A US voting machine company has filed a US$1.3 billion lawsuit against former president Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of defamation in what it called his “big lie” campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents on Monday showed.
The company, Dominion Voting Systems, whose US operations are based in Denver, Colorado, filed an earlier lawsuit against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, whom Dominion also accused of spreading false conspiracy theories about the election that Trump lost to Joe Biden.
A senior Dominion employee, Eric Coomer, also filed a defamation lawsuit against the Trump campaign, saying he had been driven into hiding because of death threats from Trump supporters.
Giuliani said in a statement that Dominion’s lawsuit was intended to intimidate others from exercising their free speech rights.
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“Dominion’s defamation lawsuit for US$1.3 billion will allow me to investigate their history, finances, and practices fully and completely,” Giuliani said, adding that he may file a countersuit against the company for violating his rights.
