When faced with the facts, Sidney Powell ran away.
Powell, the embattled attorney and Big Lie defender, abruptly ended an interview after a journalist pressed her on a series of glaring misrepresentations she made while trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election (watch above).
Powell would eventually return, but she couldn’t match wits with Sarah Ferguson, a correspondent with Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
At one point, Ferguson asked for clarity on who exactly Powell thinks stole the election.
Powell explained, “I don’t know who all the ‘they’ are. I would really like to know the answer to that. But it’s a significant number of ‘they,’ and they knew exactly what they were doing and they planned it for three years. This was no accident.”
“Do you ever hear yourself and think that it sounds ridiculous?” Ferguson responded in an even-tempered voice.
“No. I know myself very well,” Powell responded. “I’ve been in me a long time.”
No American journalist would ask Sidney Powell: “Do you ever hear yourself and think it sounds ridiculous?” Yet it’s a perfectly logical question, and I’m glad this Australian interviewer asked it. https://t.co/74QaPFiUzf
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) August 31, 2021
Ferguson also asked a series of question about Smartmatic’s role in the 2020 election. Powell has accused Smartmatic, a voting systems company, of transferring Trump votes to Biden. She was subsequently sued by the company for defamation (that’s only a sliver of her legal woes).
NEW: Judge Linda Parker has granted Michigan/Detroit’s motion for sanctions against the Kraken lawyers, including referrals for disbarment against Lin Wood, Sidney Powell, etc. https://t.co/MtCd5j6YjM pic.twitter.com/PgAIpt42lQ
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) August 25, 2021
But Powell couldn’t answer basic questions about Smartmatic, like where it operated. She at one point asked Ferguson if she was working for the company.
“You’ve made an allegation against Smartmatic that they stole a presidential election. I think it’s incumbent on both of us to know what Smartmatic’s involvement was. It seems like a pretty foundational fact,” Ferguson explained.
“I’m confused right now about why you’re here,” Powell responded.
Ferguson noted that Powell had incorrectly said Smartmatic owned Dominion Voting Systems, another election company suing Powell. Ferguson wanted to know how Powell could “justify such a basic factual error.”
That’s when Powell temporarily stopped the interview.
When she returned, Ferguson continued to grill Powell, asking if she could provide evidence for her claims against Smartmatic or Dominion.
“You’ll see it in court,” Powell replied.