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 | | Subject: Conservatives tell Judges; 'No Reasonable Person' Would Believe What they Say- Sat May 29, 2021 10:37 pm | |
| 5-29-2021
Conservatives keep telling judges that 'no reasonable person' would believe what they say.
Conservatives are increasingly relying on a courtroom defense that they don't know what they're talking about and everyone knows it, according to a new piece by Jake Whitney published in The Daily Beast.
That defense, dubbed the 'No Reasonable Person' defense, has been made by a string of prominent conservatives, including Sidney Powell, Alex Jones, and Tucker Carlson.
It argues that 'no reasonable person' would believe the statements they make, which ostensibly gives them the right to say whatever they want—
no matter how reckless or untrue.
The 'No Reasonable Person' defense is significant because
it shows that conservative media stars and their networks, and even prominent conservative lawyers, are finally admitting that they are not reliable sources of facts:
They are opportunists and entertainers, first and foremost," he explained.
"Take Sidney Powell, Donald Trump's former lawyer. In March, Powell sought to dismiss a $1.3 billion defamation suit filed against her by Dominion Voting Systems. Her lawyers argued that 'No reasonable person would conclude that the statements [Powell made] were truly statements of fact.'
The 'statements' the motion referred to were Powell's claims that Dominion engaged in a widespread conspiracy to rig the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden—by, among other things, electronically switching votes cast for Trump to Biden," he wrote.
"Those statements were repeated constantly by Fox News and other right-wing outlets, doing untold damage to our democracy by helping entrench the fallacy that the election was stolen (polls show most Republicans still believe this)."
At least some at these networks know they are lying.
"This disingenuousness extends to entire networks, as well.
Take One America News, an increasingly influential conservative news channel. For a story published in April, Marty Golingan, a producer at OAN, told The New York Times that he believed his channel's misinformation helped spark the Capitol riot," he noted.
"Moreover, he claimed that most OAN employees did not believe Trump's voter fraud claims even though the network frequently promoted them.
Checking his claims, The Times interviewed 18 current and former employees and found that 16 of them backed Golingan, agreeing that the channel [u]ran stories that were 'misleading, inaccurate, or untrue.' [/i]
(Twelve OAN employees ultimately quit in the wake of the riot.)"
"In spreading his 'Big Lie,' Trump was aided by people like Powell, Jones, Carlson, Rudy Guiliani, Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs (these last three are being sued by Smartmatic, another voting systems company) and so many like them.
But again, these are entertainers and lackeys, not serious commentators. The evidence—indeed, their own courtroom admissions—is increasingly bearing this out," he wrote.
Read the full column.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-truly-sinister-message-behind-the-rights-defense-of-its-lies
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| | Subject: Re: Conservatives tell Judges; 'No Reasonable Person' Would Believe What they Say- Sat May 29, 2021 10:41 pm | |
| (((They can't stop themselves from lying big time)))
5-29-2021
WATCH: ‘Kraken’ lawyer says Trump ‘can simply be reinstated’ as president — despite the Constitution.
Controversial former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell on Saturday falsely claimed that the former president could be "reinstated" as president while speaking at a QAnon conference in Texas.
Powell is one of the leading proponents of the "Big Lie" that Trump won the election that incited the violent January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Powell said, "he can simply be reinstated" —
despite the U.S. Constitution offering no such provision.
"That a new inauguration date is set," she continued, despite the fact the inauguration date is set in the 20th Amendment.
"And Biden is told to move out of the White House," she continued, ignoring the fact that Biden won the 2020 election and was sworn-in for a four-year term.
She herself then noted that the date of the inauguration is defined in the Constitution.
However, it should be noted, that Sidney Powell is currently attempting to use the legal defense that no reasonable person would believe her.
At the "Patriot Round Up" QAnon conference in Dallas, Sidney Powell informs the crowd that Trump won't get credit f… https://t.co/X2EWaQFnca
— Travis View (@Travis View) 1622338182.0
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