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riversedge

(70,204 posts)
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 09:52 PM Apr 2021

Ex-Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell Quotes Buzz Lightyear in Latest Legal Filing

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Source: newsweek


By Natalie Colarossi On 4/9/21 at 11:51 AM EDT


Former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell filed an opposition to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers' motion to sanction her and others associated with disputing the 2020 presidential election on Thursday—and the legal document quotes Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear.

Powell filed the motion on Thursday after Evers asked a Wisconsin court last month to force former President Donald Trump, his lawyers, and Powell to pay thousands of dollars in legal fees over their 2020 election lawsuits.

In court documents that were filed on March 31, Evers said litigation from each lawsuit cost "needless" taxpayer dollars, and called for $106,000 in sanctions against Powell and $144,000 against Trump and his attorneys, Business Insider reported.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/ex-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-quotes-buzz-lightyear-latest-legal-filing-1582445?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1617989875



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https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20611764/4-8-21-feehan-motion-to-strike-sanctions.pdf
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Ex-Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell Quotes Buzz Lightyear in Latest Legal Filing (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2021 OP
Like my grandson; elleng Apr 2021 #1
And misquotes C_U_L8R Apr 2021 #2
It's like that 80's rap song, "Freaks come out at night" by Whodini... SKKY Apr 2021 #3
She SHOULD'VE gone with Yogibear v. Jellystone Manifest Desmond Apr 2021 #4
Did this woman get her JrD UpInArms Apr 2021 #5
Nah the box of corn flakes flunked her whistler162 Apr 2021 #9
! LudwigPastorius Apr 2021 #6
This and that other lawsuit where they quoted, "Lord of the Rings" (Gondor has no king) TlalocW Apr 2021 #7
As you wish UpInArms Apr 2021 #10
"Sanctions - you keep using that word. TheRickles Apr 2021 #11
"Help, I'm being repressed!", "Yeah, but this lawsuit goes up to 11" muriel_volestrangler Apr 2021 #12
MAGA is a race, to the bottom godfree2 Apr 2021 #8
Locking... DonViejo Apr 2021 #13

elleng

(130,886 posts)
1. Like my grandson;
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 09:55 PM
Apr 2021

he's 7.

C_U_L8R

(45,001 posts)
2. And misquotes
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 10:00 PM
Apr 2021

I don't think that's what Buzz meant at all.

SKKY

(11,804 posts)
3. It's like that 80's rap song, "Freaks come out at night" by Whodini...
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 10:01 PM
Apr 2021
 

Manifest Desmond

(19 posts)
4. She SHOULD'VE gone with Yogibear v. Jellystone
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 10:52 PM
Apr 2021

Older and much-better-established precedent!

UpInArms

(51,282 posts)
5. Did this woman get her JrD
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 11:32 PM
Apr 2021

from a box of corn flakes?

 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
9. Nah the box of corn flakes flunked her
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 06:52 AM
Apr 2021

she stayed at a Holiday Inn once.

LudwigPastorius

(9,137 posts)
6. !
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 02:26 AM
Apr 2021

TlalocW

(15,381 posts)
7. This and that other lawsuit where they quoted, "Lord of the Rings" (Gondor has no king)
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 03:31 AM
Apr 2021

Makes me hopeful that they'll start referencing other highly-quotable films like Monty Python, This Is Spinal Tap, and the Princess Bride in future briefs.

TlalocW

UpInArms

(51,282 posts)
10. As you wish
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 07:06 AM
Apr 2021

nt

TheRickles

(2,061 posts)
11. "Sanctions - you keep using that word.
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 07:54 AM
Apr 2021

I do not think it means what you think it means."

There, I saved her the trouble of having to look it up.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,311 posts)
12. "Help, I'm being repressed!", "Yeah, but this lawsuit goes up to 11"
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 08:31 AM
Apr 2021

the possibilities are endless. To infinity and beyond, in fact.

 

godfree2

(38 posts)
8. MAGA is a race, to the bottom
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 06:49 AM
Apr 2021

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
13. Locking...
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 08:40 AM
Apr 2021

The consensus of Forum Hosts agrees this is not important news of national interest

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