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(151,129 posts) Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:39 PM Apr 10

Trump targets Dominion lawyers on same day judge finds Newsmax defamed voting software company

Source: The Independent

Thursday 10 April 2025 17:07 BST

On the same day a Delaware judge ruled that MAGA cable channel Newsmax had made false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems following the 2020 election, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the law firm representing the voting software company.

Having already helped Dominion grab a landmark $787.5m settlement from Fox News over its election lies, Susman Godfrey is just the latest firm singled out for punishment by the president for assisting or employing Trump’s political rivals.

In an executive order Trump signed at the Oval Office on Wednesday, the president is seeking to revoke the security clearances of the firm’s attorneys, slash federal contracts and limit their access to government buildings, making it extremely difficult for the agency to represent clients with any claims or business with the federal government.

During his signing ceremony, Trump told reporters, “There were some very bad things that happened with these law firms.” The president also boasted about law agencies capitulating in the face of his executive orders.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-newsmax-dominion-voting-b2730996.html

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Trump targets Dominion lawyers on same day judge finds Newsmax defamed voting software company (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 10 OP

Maddow Blog-Why the White House's latest law firm offensive is different from most LetMyPeopleVote Apr 10 #1

I don't think Dominion's lawyers worry about Donald Trump C_U_L8R Apr 10 #2

LetMyPeopleVote

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1. Maddow Blog-Why the White House's latest law firm offensive is different from most

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Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:42 PM

Apr 10

Why the White House’s latest law firm offensive is different from most. Susman represented clients who sued Fox News and other parties favored by trump and won
https://bsky.app/profile/ccgewerc.bsky.social/post/3lmi6pqee6s2d
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-houses-latest-law-firm-offensive-different-rcna200610

But with Susman Godfrey, it’s not quite as obvious — and while the official order was over 900 words long, none went into detail about the firm’s alleged transgressions. (The order noted that Susman Godfrey “administers a program where it offers financial awards and employment opportunities only to ‘students of color,’” which Team Trump apparently finds outrageous, though this hardly warranted an aggressive response from the Oval Office.)

So why did Trump target this specific firm? Many of the news reports about the executive order noted that Susman Godfrey represented Dominion Voting Systems in the defamation case against Fox News, and it seems plausible that the president would want to punish a firm that clashed with a politically aligned media outlet.

Reuters’ report noted that Susman Godfrey “is also representing Dominion in defamation lawsuits against the president’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, and others related to false claims that the 2020 election was rigged against Trump.”

It’s also of interest that firm represents The New York Times in its copyright suit against OpenAI and Microsoft.

But let’s also not forget that it was just last month when Media Matters filed suit against Elon Musk’s X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter), and the progressive media watchdog is represented in the case by — you guessed it — Susman Godfrey.

To be sure, I’ve seen no evidence to suggest that Trump signed an order targeting the firm at the behest of his top campaign donor, but as the dispute unfolds, it’s a detail worth keeping in mind.

C_U_L8R

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2. I don't think Dominion's lawyers worry about Donald Trump

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Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:48 PM

Apr 10

They're probably getting a good laugh at the orange cosplay-emperor and his commandments

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