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RNC Chair Has Regrets About Letting Rudy Giuliani And Sidney Powell Spew Legal Word Vomit At Her HQ

Hindsight is 20/20 when it comes to lawyers who are walking, living, breathing defamation claims.

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When I saw some of the things Sidney was saying, without proof, I certainly was concerned it was happening in my building. There are a whole host of issues we had to deal with — what is the liability of the RNC, if these allegations are made and unfounded?

— Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, in comments given to the New York Times where she expressed regret for allowing Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, onetime members of former President Donald Trump’s legal team, to give a press conference at the RNC headquarters, where both lawyers made wildly inaccurate claims about election fraud while spreading egregious conspiracy theories to the public.


Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.