Thread by @JayShams, SCOOP: Dominion sent document preservation letters warning of "imminent" defamation litigation to [...]

SCOOP: Dominion sent document preservation letters warning of "imminent" defamation litigation to individual right-wing media figures, including Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, and Maria Bartiromo. https://www.businessinsider.com/dominion-defamation-letters-fox-news-sean-hannity-lou-dobbs-newsmax-oan-2020-12

The company at the center of a false election conspiracy theory told right-wing media organizations and individual hosts to "preserve all documents."

The company at the center of a false election conspiracy theory told right-wing media organizations and individual hosts to "preserve all documents."

Dominion is repped by Clare and Locke, a formidable defamation firm. They're most famous for their $177 million win in the "Pink Slime" lawsuit.

Tom Clare told me Dominion had "no choice" but to take legal action. https://www.businessinsider.com/dominion-defamation-letters-fox-news-sean-hannity-lou-dobbs-newsmax-oan-2020-12

Dominion is also taking legal action against Sidney Powell.

It has sent letters to some of the witnesses in her lawsuits, including "Spider" (or "Spyder"). https://www.businessinsider.com/dominion-defamation-letters-fox-news-sean-hannity-lou-dobbs-newsmax-oan-2020-12

Dominion has also sent multiple letters to the Epoch Times. @BrandyZadrozny and @oneunderscore__ have done a lot of great reporting on its place in the right-wing media ecosystem. https://www.businessinsider.com/dominion-defamation-letters-fox-news-sean-hannity-lou-dobbs-newsmax-oan-2020-12

The company at the center of a false election conspiracy theory told right-wing media organizations and individual hosts to "preserve all documents."

And Dominion has also sent a letter to Mellissa Carone! The woman Rudy Giuliani has touted as having evidence of election fraud, and who was parodied on SNL.

The letter isn't very nice. https://www.businessinsider.com/dominion-defamation-letters-fox-news-sean-hannity-lou-dobbs-newsmax-oan-2020-12

I asked Dominion's lawyer whether what Fox News did with Smartmatic — having some guy offscreen ask some other guy about election security — would be enough to stop a defamation lawsuit.

He laughed. https://www.businessinsider.com/dominion-defamation-letters-fox-news-sean-hannity-lou-dobbs-newsmax-oan-2020-12

The company at the center of a false election conspiracy theory told right-wing media organizations and individual hosts to "preserve all documents."

The company at the center of a false election conspiracy theory told right-wing media organizations and individual hosts to "preserve all documents."

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