Dem
47
GOP
53
Just in case you missed it, Dominion Voting Systems settled its long-running defamation lawsuit with Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani claimed on air that Dominion's systems were rigged and the company sued for $1.3 billion. Now they have settled.
Giuliani does not have $1.3 billion. He may not even have $1.3 million in liquid assets. Remember, he already settled with the two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million judgment against him. At the time, he owned real estate worth about $12 million, so if they pursued collections via the legal process, they could have gotten ownership of his properties and sold them. There was no reason for them to settle for much less than that. We don't know what really happened. Perhaps a rich friend of Rudy's bailed him out. Maybe that happened with Dominion as well. In terms of restoring its reputation, actually winning a court case would do a lot that a small cash settlement would not. All we can guess is that: (1) Dominion decided its ongoing legal costs were just too much to justify continuing, especially since you can't get blood out of a stone or (2) some rich friend of Giuliani ponied up enough to Dominion to make it worth its while. None of the parties who know what actually happened are talking. (V)