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Trump campaign purges conspiracy-theorist Sidney Powell from legal team
- The Trump campaign has purged attorney Sidney Powell from its legal team.
- On Sunday, the campaign issued a statement asserting that Powell "is practicing law on her own."
- But just last week the campaign and the Republican Party were promoting a press conference where Powell, along with Rudy Giuliani, alleged a vast conspiracy to steal the 2020 election.
- Just last week, President Trump's personal lawyer stood beside another attorney, Sidney Powell, as she baselessly alleged a far-reaching, international conspiracy to steal the 2020 election, one involving hacked voting machines and Venezuelan communists.
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That dubious claim was then promoted on social media by the Republican Party.
By Sunday, however, the president's campaign team was backing away and claiming it had nothing to do with her.
"Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own," read a statementattributed to Jenna Ellis, a legal advisor to President Trump, and Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney who cosigned Powell's allegations at last Thursday's fact-challenged press conference.