Is Sidney Powell on Donald Trump’s legal team?
THE Trump campaign cut ties with attorney Sidney Powell on Sunday, November 22, insisting she is not part of their legal team.
The lawyer and longtime supporter on November 19 that electronic voting systems had switched millions of ballots to President-elect .
Who is Sidney Powell?
Sidney Powell is a pro-Trump lawyer who represents former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Flynn was sacked by the Trump administration in 2016 for lying to Vice President .
Sidney Powell grew up in North Carolina and has appeared on numerous cable news shows.
Powell is also known to be a staunch supporter of QAnon conspiracy theories.
Is Sidney Powell on Donald Trump's legal team?
On Sunday November 22, the distancing themselves from Sidney Powell and claiming she was not a member of their legal team.
The statement was signed by Trump’s lawyers and and insisted that Powell “is not a lawyer for the president in his personal capacity”.
The statement added: "Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own.
"She is not a member of the Trump legal team.”
The move came after Powell faced mounting criticism for making claims of voter fraud in the US elections.
Powell responded with her own statement on November 22 saying that she “understood today’s press release”.
She said: "I will continue to represent #WeThePeople who had their votes for Trump and other Republicans stolen by massive fraud.
“The chips will fall where they may, we will defend the foundations of this great Republic.”
Previously on November 15, had tweeted in support of Sidney Powell and included her as part of his "truly great team".
He wrote: “I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS!
“Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives!”
Why has Trump's team cut ties with Sidney Powell?
The Trump team distanced itself from Sidney Powell after she made a number of voter fraud accusations without evidence.
The US lawyer has faced a growing amount of criticism for her claims.
Powell told a Washington that the US election had been rigged for Joe Biden through the use of Dominion Voting Systems.
Appearing with Rudy Giuliani, Powell claimed that Dominion “has a long history of rigging elections” and claimed the machines were made in Venezuela for the dead Venezualan leader Hugo Chavez so he could fix that country’s elections to remain in power.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson challenged Powell’s claims that evening, asking her to back up her allegations with proof.
Mr Carlson said: "When we kept pressing, she got angry and told us to stop contacting her.
"When we checked with others around the Trump campaign, people in positions of authority, they told us Powell has never given them any evidence either, nor did she provide any today at the press conference."
On Saturday, November 21, Sidney Powell also gave an interview to Newsmax, making new claims that Trump had lost the state of Georgia because Republican Governor Brian Kemp was bribed to throw the result.
MOST READ IN NEWS
She said: "Georgia's probably going to be the first state I'm gonna blow up and Mr Kemp and the secretary of state need to go with it.”
READ MORE SUN STORIES
Powell vowed that the lawsuit she was about to file in the state would be "biblical."
Following Ms Powell's claims and the ensuing backlash, the Trump campaign issued their statement that Sidney Powell was not part of Trump's legal team.