Dominion Voting Systems employee sues Trump campaign, Newsmax, and OAN owner for defamation
by Mike Brest, Breaking News Reporter |
| December 23, 2020 08:36 AM
An employee of Dominion Voting Systems, a company that has been the target of election-related conspiracies, has filed a defamation lawsuit against those who supposedly pushed conspiracy claims, including the Trump campaign, Newsmax, and One America News Network's parent company, Herring Networks.
Eric Coomer, the company’s director of product safety and security, filed the suit in Denver on Tuesday. He alleges the 14 defendants promoted unverified election-related conspiracy theories involving Dominion, which put his personal safety at risk, according to the Denver Post.
The defendants include the Trump campaign and Rudy Giuliani, the lead attorney for the campaign; Sidney Powell, another attorney who has worked adjacently to the campaign in their election court battles; Joe Oltmann, a conservative activist who has accused Coomer of treason; and conservative media commentators Michelle Malkin and Eric Metaxas. Media outlets named in the suit are Conservative Daily, Oltmann’s podcast; The Gateway Pundit and its founder Jim Hoft; Herring Networks and one of the network’s anchors, Chanel Rion; and Newsmax.
“Without concern for the truth or the consequences of their reckless conduct, defendants branded Dr. Coomer a traitor to the United States, a terrorist and a criminal of the highest order,†the lawsuit reads. It alleges that Coomer "has been vilified and subjected to an onslaught of offensive messages and harassment" and that he was "forced" to leave his home "in response to multiple credible death threats."
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