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In the first federal court reckoning since the failure of the so-called “Kraken” litigation, a judge on Monday told pro-Trump lawyers Lin Wood, Sidney Powell and their co-counsel that she was concerned that their legal team allowed dodgy affidavits to be filed.

“The court is concerned that these affidavits were submitted in bad faith,” U.S. District Judge Linda Parker said in a blockbuster remark.

Earlier in hearing, Judge Parker put the lawyers on notice: “When you come to the Eastern District of Michigan, you familiarize yourself in the local rules.”

More than half a year ago on Dec. 7, Judge Parker decisively rejected Powell and Wood’s effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in Michigan in a scathing, 36-page ruling.

“Plaintiffs ask this court to ignore the orderly statutory scheme established to challenge elections and to ignore the will of millions of voters,” Parker wrote. “This, the Court cannot, and will not, do.”

“The People have spoken,” she added.

Named after a mythical octopus-like creature, the “Kraken” is the name that Powell gave to her quadruple-armed effort to overturn election results in Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Georgia. Each bid failed, and every appeal was rejected. Parker convened the hearing on Monday to consider whether every lawyer who participated in legal offensive in her court should face sanctions, up to their referrals for disbarment proceedings.

“We filed this motion on Jan. 5th, one day before the civil insurrection in Washington,” Detroit’s lawyer David Fink noted in his closing remarks, referring to his sanctions motion.

“One day later, that ominous prophesy came true,” Fink added.

Calling the Kraken litigation a vessel of the “Big Lie,” Fink added: “Nobody can undo what happened that day, but because of the lies spread in this courtroom, not only did people die on that day,” people around the world came to distrust U.S. democratic processes.

Lin Wood Attempts to Distance Himself from the ‘Kraken’

Parker demanded that every lawyer who signed a pleading or a brief appear virtually in her courtroom via Zoom, in proceedings made public via YouTube. On Wednesday, the judge denied their request to skip the hearing and appear through their counsel. That ruling led to a bustling Zoom courtroom with Powell, Wood, and their co-counsel Stefanie Junttila, Scott Hagerstrom, Julia Haller, Brandon Johnson, Howard Kleinhendler, and Gregory Rohl.

Toward the start of the hearing, their lawyer Donald Campbell disclosed Kleinhelder actually drafted the Michigan complaint, with help from Powell. Wood quickly jockeyed to distance himself from the litigation.

“I played absolutely no role in the drafting of the complaint,” Wood chimed in early, distancing himself from the genesis of the lawsuit.

Wood doubled down on distancing himself later in the hearing, claiming he had no role in any of the other filings, either.

“I did not review any of the documents with respect to the complaint,” Wood said, adding later: “I just had no involvement in it whatsoever.”

Detroit’s scoffed at Wood’s attempt to distance himself from the case. Wood, through his counsel, asserted that he was involved in the Michigan case, and he touted that role on social media, Fink added.

“He’s ready to tell people when it helps him that he’s involved in this case,” Fink said.

Powell added that she would not have knowingly added Wood’s name without authorization.

“Might there have been a misunderstanding?” she asked, rhetorically. “That’s certainly possible.”

A skeptical Judge Parker added: “This appears to the court to be an after-the-fact assessment.”

“An Embarrassment to the Legal Profession”

The last lawyer for the plaintiffs— Emily Newman, an ex-U.S. Agency for Global Media staffer under the Trump administration—denied any role either. Newman’s lawyer Thomas M. Buchanan downplayed his client’s ties to the case, saying she spent five hours on the matter.

From Winston & Strawn, Buchanan reps Newman separately.

Detroit’s lawyer Fink called the “Kraken” offensive an “embarrassment to the legal profession.”

“This was from the beginning to the end an attempt to get a message out that was extrajudicial,” Fink said.

Days before the hearing, Judge Parker denied a request to seal the names of “Kraken” team’s witnesses. Powell had claimed that they included military and intelligence officials whose security would be put at risk if their names were exposed. The Washington Post debunked at least two of those claims.

One such witness, alternately code-named “Spider” and “Spyder,” was revealed by the paper to be Joshua Merritt, who was touted as a “military intelligence expert” but was actually an army vehicle mechanic—and reportedly never worked in military intelligence.

Another witness, Terpsichore “Tore” Maras-Lindeman, was billed as a secret intelligence contractor but was depicted by the Post as a small-town fraudster because of her civil prosecution in North Dakota that led to more than $25,000 in penalties and attorneys’ fees for allegedly duping donors a supposed Christmas fundraiser. A pro-Trump podcaster, her Navy experience reportedly lasted less than a year.

In written briefings preceding today’s hearing, Detroit argued that supposed experts like these showed that the “Kraken” team had perpetrated a “fraud upon the court.”

“These folks were putting in jeopardy the safety of our republic,” Fink thundered.

“This is Really Fantastical”

Pressed about the delay in filing the lawsuit, Kleinhendler argued that it took time to find witnesses like “Spyder.” Kleinhendler and his lawyer Campbell repeatedly tested Judge Parker’s patience during the hearing. The judge asked both about why the “Kraken” team did not dismiss the case after telling the Supreme Court that it was moot on Dec. 14.

Michigan’s lawyer Heather S. Meingast said she was “flabbergasted” about the argument that the suit was somehow “reinvigorated” after that assertion to the high court.

The judge also appeared to be, pointing out there seemed to be no record of it having been made earlier.

“Are you arguing this for the first time?” Parker asked. “Is that a new argument that you’re advancing?”

Dodging the question, Campbell argued the judge did not have jurisdiction to hear the Rule 11 sanctions motion. The judge interrupted him after he launched into a monologue after she turned arguments to his adversary.

“No. No. I’m sorry, sir,” Parker interjected.

Systematically questioning what, if any, vetting the “Kraken” legal team performed on a stack of affidavits, Judge Parker tore apart the allegations inside one of those declaration.

“This is really fantastical,” Parker said.

“How could any of you as officers of the court submit this affidavit?” she added.

When Haller denied that the declaration was “fantastical,” Judge Parker added that the affidavit was “total speculation.” Throughout arguments, Haller repeatedly requested an evidentiary hearing, and she seemed audibly nervous in court, her voice appearing to waver at moments. The judge replied that she was probing what, if any, due-diligence the lawyers performed.

In bitter closing remarks, Powell claimed that the daylong proceedings make the public lack confidence in U.S. elections and the judiciary.

“Thank you for your remarks,” Judge Parker politely replied to Powell’s recriminations, adding that a ruling would be forthcoming. The judge also agreed to give the parties time for supplemental written briefings.





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It's amazing how passionate Biker is about election integrity when he posts the right wing bullshit articles. Yet when it's pointed out Republicans are the perpetrators he gets sleepy and needs to take a nap. :lol:
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CaptQuint wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:25 pm It's amazing how passionate Biker is about election integrity when he posts the right wing bullshit articles. Yet when it's pointed out Republicans are the perpetrators he gets sleepy and needs to take a nap. :lol:
They presented a legal challenge which was shot down. You know, like what happens in nearly every election cycle?
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Biker wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:35 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:25 pm It's amazing how passionate Biker is about election integrity when he posts the right wing bullshit articles. Yet when it's pointed out Republicans are the perpetrators he gets sleepy and needs to take a nap. :lol:
They presented a legal challenge which was shot down. You know, like what happens in nearly every election cycle?
One that was complete bullshit that provided zero evidence of what they claimed happened. This certainly doesn't happen every election cycle. They are officers of the court and what they did was not acceptable. No shark is too high for you to jump to provide cover for the gop you ballwashing troll.
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CaptQuint wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:38 pm
Biker wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:35 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:25 pm It's amazing how passionate Biker is about election integrity when he posts the right wing bullshit articles. Yet when it's pointed out Republicans are the perpetrators he gets sleepy and needs to take a nap. :lol:
They presented a legal challenge which was shot down. You know, like what happens in nearly every election cycle?
One that was complete bullshit that provided zero evidence of what they claimed happened. This certainly doesn't happen every election cycle. They are officers of the court and what they did was not acceptable. No shark is too high for you to jump to provide cover for the gop you ballwashing troll.
We spent 2017-2020 rehashing the entire 2016 election in which progressives claimed was stolen because of election interference. Fuck you and your sanctimonious horseshit, you insufferable cunt
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I remember all The Democrat lawyers at sanction hearings for bringing bullshit cases to court :lol:



oh, no I don't because they didn't do that
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KERRY WON OHIO AND THE PRESIDENCY; ELLEN CONNALLY WON THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE OHIO SUPREME COURT

Lawsuit Before the Ohio Supreme Court


DECEMBER 24, 2004

NATURE OF THE ACTION On December 13, 2004, numerous Ohio citizens contested “the certification of the election of the electors pledged to George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney for the offices, respectively, of President of the United States and Vice President of the United Sates for the terms commencing January 20, 2005…” and “…the certification of the election of Thomas Moyer for the office of Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court for the term commencing in 2005.”

LAWSUIT REFILED On December 16, 2004, Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer threw out the complaint because it had two election challenges. The following day, on December 17, thirty-seven voters and their lawyers refiled the election challenge for President and Vice President of the United States. The other case for the office of Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court was refiled on December 20, 2004.

DEFENDANT-CONTESTEES are George W. Bush (candidate for the office of President of the United States of America), Richard B. Cheney (candidate for the office of Vice President of the United States of America), Karl Rove (chief election strategist and tactician for the Bush-Cheney campaign), the Bush-Cheney 2004 Committee, Thomas J. Moyer (Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice candidate), J. Kenneth Blackwell (Ohio Secretary of State), and the 20 Ohio Bush electors.

ATTORNEYS filing the suits are Clifford O. Arnebeck Jr. (Chairman, “Ohio Honest Election Campaign” of The Alliance for Democracy, and Chair of Legal Affairs Committee for Common Cause-Ohio); Robert Fitrakis, PhD (Director/Editor, Columbus Free Press, and Professor of Political Science at Columbus State Community College); Susan Truitt (Co-founder of Citizen’s Alliance for Secure Elections-Ohio); Peter Peckarsky, Technology Lawyer, based in Washington, D. C.; and such other attorneys retained by them for the litigation.

ELECTION CONTEST The defendants are accused of being part of “the pattern of vote fraud and discrimination… which operated to deprive numerous Ohio citizens of their constitutional and statutory rights.

“CLAIM FOR RELIEF” cited:

· INITIAL STATE ELECTION EXIT POLLS INDICATE KERRY-EDWARDS WON The 2004 National and State Election exit polls (interviewing voters immediately after they voted), directed by “the respected and world-renowned Warren Mitofsky,” showed dramatic differences between initial (“uncalibrated”) exit polls and the corrected exit poll (adjusted later to conform to the voting) for Ohio and a number of other states. The initial poll results were only available for a very short period of time when Andrew Card (White House Chief of Staff) claimed victory for Bush in Ohio, and “called for a concession and an end to any inquiry into the results.” But, “…when these uncorrected results are compared to the ‘official’ state-by-state results, it is clear that election fraud (or other irregularity) occurred in the counting of the vote in Ohio and a number of other states.”

· NATIONAL EXIT POLLS INDICATE KERRY-EDWARDS WON “The vote fraud in connection with the national vote may also mean that the national exit poll is the most accurate representation of the votes actually cast. This means that candidate Bush probably did not win a ‘mandate’ of 3.5 million votes but actually lost the national vote by a significant margin to John Kerry. The chance of Kerry receiving a greater percentage of the popular vote than Bush in an honest election was 98.7%.”

EXHIBIT A contains a paper by Steven F. Freeman, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, entitled “Was the 2004 Presidential Election Honest? An Examination of Uncorrected Exit Poll Data. Part I: The Unexplained Exit Poll Discrepancy.” It presents “clear and convincing evidence of election fraud” in ten of the “battleground” states (Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, and Pennsylvania).

· LAWFUL BALLOTS DESTROYED OR ALTERED; UNLAWFUL BALLOTS ADDED “On information and belief, plaintiffs-contestors allege that traditional means of vote fraud were used…that unlawful ballots were added to those cast by lawful voters and that lawfully cast ballots were either destroyed or altered.” In Ohio, it is believed that at least 130,656 votes were deducted from Kerry-Edwards and added to Bush-Cheney.

· ABSENTEE VOTES NOT LISTED Dr. Werner Lange studied poll books in Trumbull County and found “580 absentee votes were cast for which there was no notation of absentee voting in the poll books.”

· UNLAWFUL DENIAL OF ACCESS TO POLL BOOKS Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, also co-chair of the Ohio Bush-Cheney campaign, “ordered all 88 boards of election to prevent public inspection of poll books until after certification of the vote on December 6, 2004.” This “apparently caused violations of R.C. 3599.161(B) and (C) and may have caused such violations by every board of elections in the state…Each violation “of any provision of Title XXXv (35) is a separate instance of criminal election fraud pursuant to R.C. 3599.42” and could be a basis for removing Blackwell from office, if convicted.

· THERE WAS NON-TRADITIONAL TAMPERING WITH VOTES AND THEIR TABULATION Physical or electronic access can easily be gained to the voting and vote tabulating systems.

Exhibit B, written by Chuck Herrin, CISSP, CISA, MCSE, CEH, entitled “How to Hack the Vote: the Short Version,” (www.chuckherrin.com/hackthevote.htm) shows how this can be done by “changing the votes actually received by one or more candidates in a race, leaving the total votes cast in the race unchanged, and erasing or falsifying the electronic audit trail which could show the access to the computer and the spreadsheet.” Or unauthorized operating instructions could have been “inserted into the software used to operate either the vote tabulating machines or the voting machines.”


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We spent 2017-2020 rehashing the entire 2016 election


Hillary conceded and no one stormed Congress
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CaptQuint wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:54 pm We spent 2017-2020 rehashing the entire 2016 election


Hillary conceded and no one stormed Congress
Meh, democracy sometimes needs the blood of patriots and enemies spilled
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Biker wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:02 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:54 pm We spent 2017-2020 rehashing the entire 2016 election


Hillary conceded and no one stormed Congress
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Who wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:38 pm
Biker wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:02 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:54 pm We spent 2017-2020 rehashing the entire 2016 election


Hillary conceded and no one stormed Congress
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I’m not that committed, old man
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Over the course of the more than five-hour hearing, Judge Parker questioned attorneys on whether they'd done any work to vet the allegations made in any of those affidavits, calling one such sworn declaration – in which a man walking his dog claimed that he saw a couple hand a trio of plastic bags which he asserted "might" contain ballots to a postal worker in a car park – "really fantastical".

The judge asked: "How could any of you as officers of the court submit this affidavit?"

Ms Haller denied that it was anything of the sort, at which point Judge Parker called the affidavit in question "total speculation". She also suggested that the attorneys' point in filing such documents was not to provide evidence in her courtroom, but to provide supporters of now-former President Trump with cherry-pickable anecdotes they can use to claim that there were problems with the 2020 election.

"My concern is that counsel here has submitted affidavits to suggest and make the public believe that there was something wrong with the election ... that's what these average affidavits are designed to do, to show there was something wrong in Michigan, there was something wrong in Wayne County," Judge Parker said, using the names of two jurisdictions in the state with large Black populations.
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Biker wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:10 am
Who wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:38 pm
Biker wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:02 pm
CaptQuint wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:54 pm We spent 2017-2020 rehashing the entire 2016 election


Hillary conceded and no one stormed Congress
Meh, democracy sometimes needs the blood of patriots and enemies spilled
So long as it isn’t yours, right I love to be buttfucked?
I’m not that committed, old man
You should be committed along with that other retard in your new home state
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