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   From: liamhardshell@bikerider.com   
      
   >Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell 'is cooperating' with   
   >federal criminal probe into fundraising   
   >   
   >   
   >A lawyer for Sidney Powell, a well-known, Trump-connected   
   >attorney, acknowledged that her organization's fundraising   
   >connected to the 2020 election is subject to an ongoing   
   >federal criminal investigation. Powell's lawyer, Howard   
   >Kleinhendler, told CNN that his client "is cooperating" with   
   >the investigation into her organization, Defending the   
   >Republic, by the US Attorney's Office in the District of   
   >Columbia. That cooperation includes "rolling productions" of   
   >documents. The Washington Post first reported details of the   
   >probe, including a grand jury subpoena for records related   
   >to it, in November.   
   >   
   >Powell has not been charged with a crime. The investigation   
   >has continued this year, though two sources with knowledge   
   >of the probe tell CNN it's unclear when -- if ever -- any   
   >charges would be filed.   
   >   
   >A spokesman for the DC US Attorney's Office declined to   
   >comment on Friday.   
   >   
   >Powell's response to the federal investigators and to a   
   >major defamation lawsuit from the company Dominion Voting   
   >Systems comes into play as she now prepares to respond to   
   >the House select committee investigating January 6, which   
   >subpoenaed her this week. A running list of who the January   
   >6 committee has subpoenaed or requested to appear A running   
   >list of who the January 6 committee has subpoenaed or   
   >requested to appear Kleinhendler said she already has tens   
   >of thousands of documents on hand to turn over to the   
   >committee, and plans to respond to what it's requested.   
   >   
   >He also said she is willing to testify to the committee.   
   >"She looks forward to providing the committee with   
   >significant evidence in support of the election fraud   
   >statements and claims she presented on behalf of the   
   >electors and clients she represented," Kleinhendler said   
   >after Powell received the House subpoena this week. "Ms.   
   >Powell is a practicing lawyer, and she will comply to the   
   >full extent required by law and legal ethics." Still, when   
   >the committee asks Powell about communications she had with   
   >Trump, that is "going to get a little hairy," Kleinhendler   
   >told CNN. He said Powell believes that the times Trump   
   >called her to ask for legal advice may be covered by   
   >attorney-client privilege -- even if he never paid her to be   
   >his or his campaign's lawyer. Powell never worked as a   
   >lawyer for the former President personally or for the Trump   
   >campaign, Kleinhendler said. "We'll have to deal with that,   
   >and we'll have to try to discuss with the committee to see   
   >how" to handle privilege issues, Kleinhendler said. Powell's   
   >legal problems have compounded since the 2020 election. She   
   >became one of the most prominent attorneys fronting lawsuits   
   >that supported Trump and made accusations of widespread   
   >election fraud, encouraging supporters to funnel money into   
   >legal efforts, especially through Defending the Republic.   
   >The group says on its website that it was founded to protect   
   >the integrity of US elections. In more recent months, it   
   >also has opposed coronavirus vaccine mandates, filing a   
   >lawsuit and a Supreme Court amicus brief. Powell rose to   
   >prominence during the Trump presidency when she represented   
   >former national security adviser Michael Flynn following his   
   >guilty plea for lying to the FBI about his contact with   
   >Russia in late 2016. She helped secure a pardon for Flynn   
   >from Trump in the last months of his presidency. Powell   
   >revealed in a court hearing in September 2020 that she had a   
   >direct line of communication to both Trump and Jenna Ellis,   
   >an attorney who pushed various election fraud conspiracies   
   >on the former President's behalf and was also subpoenaed by   
   >the House committee this week. In late November 2020, after   
   >stepping into Trump's election fraud efforts in court,   
   >Powell was front-and-center at a chaotic news conference   
   >alongside Rudy Giuliani where they shared their conspiracy   
   >theories. She unsuccessfully tried to take a lawsuit from   
   >Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and others to the   
   >Supreme Court in a quixotic bid to overturn the election   
   >result. Since then, Dominion and others have sued Powell or   
   >sought to sanction her in federal court, with one judge   
   >ordering that she compensate attorneys' fees for those she   
   >sued in Michigan.   
   >   
   >Powell sat for one deposition in an election-related   
   >defamation lawsuit brought by former Dominion Voting   
   >Services employee Eric Coomer. Powell had publicly accused   
   >the company of tampering with votes. Dominion also is suing   
   >Powell in federal court. A federal judge moved the case into   
   >the evidence collection phase in August, but the company has   
   >yet to depose Powell, Kleinhendler said.   
   >   
      
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