After Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia case, Trump claims she was 'never' his attorney, despite their past ties

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Published 11:53 AM EDT, Sun October 22, 2023


Washington CNN — Former President Donald Trump claimed Sidney Powell was “never” his attorney in a social media post Sunday, three days after she pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case. Despite Trump’s claims, Powell was briefly an official member of Trump’s legal team in 2020, and Trump stayed in contact with her on election-related matters even after she was ousted from his campaign.

“Sidney Powell was one of millions and millions of people who thought, and in ever increasing numbers still think, correctly, that the 2020 Presidential Election was RIGGED & STOLLEN, AND OUR COUNTRY IS BEING ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED BECAUSE OF IT!!! MS. POWELL WAS NOT MY ATTORNEY, AND NEVER WAS. In fact, she would have been conflicted,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump’s attempt to distance himself from Powell comes after she agreed to cooperate with Fulton County prosecutors and testify against her co-defendants in the case, potentially including Trump.

Trump publicly announced on November 15, 2020, that he “added” Powell to his “truly great team” of lawyers working on the election. She participated in a notorious Trump campaign press conference, alongside fellow Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, where she peddled unfounded conspiracy theories about an international vote-rigging plot to flip millions of votes from Trump to Joe Biden.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/22/politics/trump-sidney-powell/index.html

[Lovie777]

1. shithole...........................

WHO?

[efhmc]

2. Yeah, right. Pretty sure she has the paper work to prove that she was.

[Traildogbob]

3. They gonna need a bigger bus.

May take many more than one. Guessing Gooliani and Lumpy Pillow Boy never heard of her either.

[EYESORE 9001]

4. His defense: I never paid her a dime

That part may be true.

[Ray Bruns]

7. That part is the only true part in the article

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. "I wouldn't know that woman if she walked in the room,

Anyway she's not my type"

[fierywoman]

6. Again with the "STOLLEN"? Christmas so soon?!?

[Ray Bruns]

8. trump is one stupid son of a bitch

[ShazzieB]

9. Aside from everything else, what the heck does that last sentence mean?

In the Truth Social post, I mean:

MS. POWELL WAS NOT MY ATTORNEY, AND NEVER WAS. In fact, she would have been conflicted.

In fact, she would have been conflicted? What kind of word salad is this? Any idea what he was trying (but failing) to convey here? I got nothing.

[HariSeldon]

10. Pretty sure this is mental slop-over from the federal case in FL

SC Smith asked for a Garcia hearing in Aileen Cannon's court about Walt Nauta's attorney Woodward, to ensure Nauta knew Woodward would be ethically limited (i.e. conflicted) in cross-examining some of the witnesses. Mr. Trump just gets easily confused these days.

[ShazzieB]

13. Figured it was something like that!

Thanks for helping me sort this out. It sounds like he tried to use a legal term he didn't really understand in the first place and apply it to something it doesn't actually apply to.

I really need to stop expecting anything he says to make sense. That way lies madness!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

11. I'm thinking "Attorney/Client" privilege.

That's actually a bonus for Fani Willis. Not good news for Rudy though. Will Rudy sacrifice himself for the goon who won't pay him?

[ShazzieB]

14. Yeah, that fits .

Too bad he can't convey a simple concept in a straightforward way.

[LudwigPastorius]

12. He is trying (and failing) to assert that...

KrakenGirl representing Mike Flynn and himself at the same time would have been a conflict of interest.

But, that is exactly what happened.

[ificandream]

15. Liar, liar, hair on fire (tweet from 2020)

[bucolic_frolic]

16. When narcissists are trapped, they gaslight

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. Or, in traitortrump's case, they light their gas as publicly as they can.

[FakeNoose]

18. That's OK because Chump was never my President either

[C Moon]

19. They have long ties...well, HE has long ties anyway.

[orangecrush]

20. ...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. Trump always lies.

[Shoonra]

22. This works against Trump

IF Sidney Powell was never Trump's lawyer, then Trump cannot silence her by pleading attorney-client confidentiality.