{"id":77002,"date":"2020-11-23T03:17:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T02:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77002"},"modified":"2020-11-23T03:17:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T02:17:57","slug":"trump-legal-team-fires-conspiracy-theorist-sidney-powell-who-said-venezuela-helped-biden-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/trump-legal-team-fires-conspiracy-theorist-sidney-powell-who-said-venezuela-helped-biden-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump legal team fires conspiracy theorist, Sidney Powell, who said Venezuela helped Biden win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1684111229882775917\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The president\u2019s legal team was thrown into tumult Sunday when two Trump attorneys \u2014 Rudolph W. Giuliani and Jenna Ellis \u2014 released a statement abruptly distancing the campaign from a third attorney, Sidney Powell.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Giuliani, Ellis and Powell all appeared together at a news conference Thursday, when they made a range of baseless accusations about the integrity of the election. Powell, in particular, has lobbed some of the most convoluted claims, alleging a conspiracy that involved \u201ccommunist money,\u201d the late Venezuelan president Hugo Ch\u00e1vez and an algorithm favoring Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSidney Powell is practicing law on her own,\u201d Giuliani and Ellis said in their statement Sunday. \u201cShe is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the start of Thursday\u2019s news conference, Giuliani said he, Ellis, Powell and other attorneys present were \u201crepresenting President Trump and we\u2019re representing the Trump campaign.\u201d Ellis introduced the group as \u201can elite strike force team that is working on behalf of the president and the campaign to make sure that our Constitution is protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Two advisers to Trump, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, said that the president disliked the coverage Powell was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/11\/20\/tucker-carlson-sidney-powell-fraud\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/11\/20\/tucker-carlson-sidney-powell-fraud\/?itid%3Dlk_inline_manual_10&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606182248907000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1bZRryFzyAOKRmMQjL9qCl\">receiving from Fox News host Tucker Carlson<\/a>\u00a0and others and that several allies had reached out to say she had gone too far. The advisers also said she fought with Giuliani and others in recent days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Trump believed she was causing more harm than help, an official said. \u201cShe was too crazy even for the president,\u201d a campaign official said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president\u2019s legal team was thrown into tumult Sunday when two Trump attorneys \u2014 Rudolph W. 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