Lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell on November 19, 2020 at a press conference in Washington.

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Dominion is done playing.

Accused for three months by Donald Trump and his supporters of having helped "steal the election" of November 3 by orchestrating a so-called fraud, the Canadian company attacked lawyer Rudy Giuliani for defamation on Monday.

And claims 1.3 billion in damages from him for having damaged his reputation and endangered his employees.

In a complaint filed Monday in federal court in the capital Washington, Dominion Voting Systems accuses the former mayor of New York of having been one of the main propagators of the "Big Lie", a conspiracy theory according to which this company, the one of the main manufacturers of machines and software for the American elections, would have rigged the ballot to “reverse” votes intended for the incumbent president and attribute them to his democratic rival Joe Biden.

Death threats

The 107-page complaint cites countless statements by Rudy Giuliani to this effect: during his television appearances, in his show on Youtube, on Twitter, at a memorable press conference in mid-November.

He claimed that the company, founded in Canada, was owned by relatives of ex-Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Although many courts had found these accusations unfounded, Rudy Giuliani had repeated them on the day of the assault on the Capitol, and until this weekend, underlines the complaint.

Above all, millions of people believed in it, and still believe in it.

“Following this viral disinformation campaign, the company and its employees were targeted, receiving threats of imprisonment and death threats,” underlines the complaint, citing again tweets to this effect.

Sidney Powell already sued

The company also claims that its contracts with nearly 30 states and hundreds of US counties "are under threat."

She estimates that she could lose some $ 200 million in profits over the next five years.

Giuliani, 76, also threatened with exclusion from the New York bar, did not immediately react to the complaint.

Dominion had already sued another former Donald Trump lawyer, Sidney Powell, in early January for the damage caused by these conspiracy theories, claiming him $ 1.4 billion.

Giuliani said on November 22 that she no longer worked for Donald Trump.

When contacted, Dominion did not immediately say whether further legal attacks were planned.

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