Sidney Powell was never on the team. It was a clarification. She said so herself before their clarification. She promoted her own legal defense fund and said she was fighting for the republic. She said this well before the clarification.
Lin Wood is also not on the team. He said so himself
I do not believe Joe DiGenova or Victoria Toensing are on that team either, but working in tandem, independently, WITH Giuliani and Jenna Ellis.
They did NOT publish this to "distance themselves", in my opinion.
They did it for Clarification, because there are legal and financial consequences of her being separate from them.
Specifically, I believe it's possible she has been deputized by President Trump as a law enforcement officer (she said on Newsmax 'as a law enforcement officer, I'd do that').
If she were deputized, POTUS could have given a security clearance--in fact she would require one in order to see the fusion center activity that she said she's seen. Think about it. They don't show that to civilians!
If she were working for Trump on a campaign there could be campaign finance issues of someone working in the capacity of a law enforcement officer with access to government information. The optics are bad, but also the law could be against it also: using gov resources and privileged information in order promote a civilian's campaign....there is supposed to be a separation. Also, if she weren't a federal officer then it could be 'fruit of the poisonous tree' for her to obtain information outside of a sanctioned court ordered discovery process.
I'm not saying this is true, I'm saying it's very much possible. In which case, she really COULD release a Kraken.
I'm just tired of people saying she was "FIRED"
That is not true.
Sidney Powell not being part of the campaign or a Trump lawyer means you can donate as much as you want to her 501(c)4 non-profit as you want, no limits. No FEC reporting
I think they released that statement intentionally to create the illusion of "distance", so that if Powell succeeds in overturning the results of the election, Trump will have stated on the record that she is working on her own accord, not working for him. That way it's SHE who is arresting dozens of Trump's political adversaries, and it's SHE who overturned the election.
I think this was done to ease tensions before the election is overturned, by creating some "plausible deniability" around the election flipping. The "anti-fascists" would be screaming about Fascist Dictator Trump arresting political adversaries and committing a coup.
This way, he appears like he distanced himself from her "radical conspiracy theories" and chose not to follow that path with her.
My favourite plan 👍
The kraken has multiple arms including us filing suit.
Honest question, how is she arresting them? She’s a private citizen bringing a civil case, right? I can see what’s disclosed there leading to a criminal investigation, but she has no authority to do that as far as we know. Or am I missing something?
C'mon man. Arresting = GETTING THEM ARRESTED...
Thanks, man. People are speculating she has been or will be deputized, wasn’t sure if that was what you were implying.
I hadn't heard that one.
It’s literally this post
It appeared to be a hypothetical statement in this post, speculation. I hadn't heard that rumored anywhere else.
But, she may...
POWELL/RAND 2024!!!
She also doesn't have to check with the campaign or president before acting. If she does something the GOP doesn't like it gives Trump complete deniability. That autonomy will also give her a lot more flexibility.
This sounds like it's the answer
We are living in a time where words and misunderstandings can be fatal, especially in the Court of Law.
This is one of those moments.
Yep. Just a clarification. But thank you, OP, for the exposition of the clarification.
this is hypothetically speaking. she was prosecutor before.
Also the fact that its just the truth. At some point the media would have called Trump a liar for not clarifying that.
I mean everyone just kind of assumed it, and its not like there was a campaign legal team flowchart we could all reference.
Updoot
Some would say to them “Bless your heart. Ain’t you special!”
The only people who thinks she is fired watch the Tell a vision. Anyone who spends a five minutes here even with the search engine being down knows she is running her own independent investigation. Anyone who watched the 2 and a half hour presser last week already has that vibe. Rudy is coming with the Constitution. Sidney is coming after the criminals.
Powell has been distanced from the main Trump campaign filings because she's persueing a different argument. Hers is not constitutional it's civil and the allegations made open her up to defamation suits. It's a good legal and strategic move for Powell and Lin Wood to work outside the Trump campaign.
But...but..CNN TOLD US!!! Reeeeeee
There are several prongs of attack for the Trump legal teams and allies. First and foremost is to reveal the fraud through the courts to the necessary level that Trump is rightfully re-elected.
Secondary to that, although of equal importance, is the criminal aspect of that fraud; Who did what, how, and when. Given the enormity of the fraud, the task to reveal and prosecute it is of equal enormity. This will take months to assemble, separate the real from the rumor, and to build adequate cases. Trump's election team has no time or resources to dedicate to that, but it appears to me that this is exactly what Sidney Powell is directing her efforts towards.
Therefore the delineation of tasks has to be made. Giuliani, Ellis, et al are taking the civil route. Powell is building the criminal case.
.. or so it seems to me.
That would be unlawful in about 20 ways and everything you're speculating on after that is equally off the rails. For example if DJT asked for a security clearance for her it'd be leaked in a heartbeat there'd be 96 hours of news coverage about it and it'd probably kick off Impeachment 2.0.
Trump is going to cut a deal and Sidney didn't like that. The wording of Flynn's statement would not have been what it was if it was just a clarification.
muh server raid