Rudy Giuliani distanced himself and President Trump from attorney Sidney Powell, who visited the White House multiple times in recent days amid speculation she might play a role in a new, last-ditch effort to scrutinize and challenge the results of the 2020 election.
The head of Trump’s legal team insisted to Newsmax on Monday that anything said by Powell, who is rumored to have been floated by Trump for special counsel to investigate voter fraud, is in no way connected to their battles seeking to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
“Let me say definitively: Sidney Powell is not part of our legal team. She hasn’t been for five weeks. She is not a special counsel for the president. She does not speak for the president, nor does she speak for the administration. She speaks for herself. And she’s a fine woman, a fine lawyer, but whatever she is talking about, it’s her own opinions. I’m not responsible for them, the president isn’t, nor is anybody else on our legal team,” Giuliani told host Sean Spicer, who is a former White House press secretary.
The Trump legal team disavowed Powell in late November after she appeared with them at a press conference and claimed electronic voting machine companies were switching votes for Trump to Biden, allegations which have been rejected by election officials and the companies themselves. Giuliani and his team have also raised concerns about the machines, pressing to gain access to them in various battleground states won by Biden.
But, he stressed to Spicer, their “extremely aggressive” strategy will stay “within the bounds of rationality, common sense, and the law.” Giuliani said this can be done if “crooked governors” in about six states allow them access. He claimed that the devices subject to an examination in Antrim County, Michigan, were like “Swiss cheese,” although state and Dominion Voting Systems officials have defended their integrity.
Both the Trump legal team and Powell’s “Kraken” lawsuits have had little success in their separate court battles.
