A federal judge denied motions from Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and Mike Lindell to dismiss Dominion's lawsuits against them

A worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Ga., outside of Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in advance of the Senate runoff election

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• A federal judge has denied the dismissal of Dominion's defamation lawsuits against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and Mike Lindell.
• The cases, each seeking more than $1.3 billion in damages, will proceed in full.
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A federal judge in Washington, DC, on Wednesday denied motions from Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell seeking to dismiss defamation lawsuits brought against them by Dominion Voting Systems.

Dominion sued Giuliani, Powell, and MyPillow, alleging $1.3 billion in damages in three separate lawsuits filed in January and February, saying they made defamatory claims about the company's role in the 2020 election by promoting false election conspiracy theories.

Each of the defendants asked US District Judge Carl J. Nichols to dismiss the lawsuits. Nichols heard arguments over the matter at a marathon 4-hour hearing in June.

The ruling means that all of the multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuits from Dominion Voting Systems will proceed in full against Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Mike Lindell.

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