Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell due in court over election

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Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell due in court over election lawsuits. Three of former President Donald Trump's closest allies who helped push false election claims are scheduled to appear in court today for the first time as part of three defamation lawsuits filed against them. Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, former Trump legal team member Sidney Powell, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell are scheduled to appear in court in Washington, D.C., for a hearing in the billion-dollar defamation lawsuits brought by Dominion Voting Systems, the voting machine company at the center of numerous conspiracy theories related to the election. Dominion's lawsuits allege that Lindell, Powell and Giuliani caused the company "unprecedented reputational and financial harm" and put their employees' lives in danger by spreading conspiracy theories. All three have filed motions asking a judge to throw out Dominion's suits against them, which Dominion has opposed. Thursday's hearing is set to hear arguments on the issue. Dominion Voting Systems, based in Denver, has filed four defamation suits in the wake of the 2020 election against those it says helped pushed the false narrative that it had a hand in rigging the election. Experts believe it will be challenging to convince a judge to throw out the suits at this early stage. "I'm not saying they're going win at trial, but at this stage, where the allegations are supposed to be viewed in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, it seems to me this is an uphill battle," said David Greenberger, a New York-based defamation and employment lawyer at Bailey Duquette.