Sidney Powell Settles Ex-Dominion Worker’s Defamation Lawsuit

Former President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign lawyer Sidney Powell has settled a lawsuit alleging she and others defamed and intentionally inflicted emotional distress on a onetime Dominion Voting Systems Inc. employee in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.

Powell reached an undisclosed settlement agreement Monday with Eric Coomer, former director of product strategy and security for Dominion, Coomer’s attorney Charlie Cain said in a Wednesday statement. Coomer alleged Powell, the Trump campaign, and others recklessly spread dubious and unverifiable claims that he conspired with Antifa activists to switch votes to Joe Biden.

• A Colorado appellate court ruled in April that a jury could find Powell and others had a reckless disregard for the truth
• Powell pleaded guilty in 2023 for her involvement in a separate case in Georgia case where the state accuses her, the former president, and others of attempting to overturn the 2020 results in the newly minted battleground state
• Coomer’s civil conspiracy claim was dismissed in April after the Colorado appeals court determined there wasn’t sufficient evidence of an agreement to defame him

Cain declined to comment further on the settlement’s details. None of the remaining parties immediately returned a Wednesday request for comment.

Cain & Skarnulis PLLC and Recht Kornfeld PC represent Coomer. Campbell Killin Brittan & Ray LLC represents Donald J. Trump for President Inc. Arrington Law Firm and Kennedys CMK LLP represent Powell. Harris, Karstaedt, Jamison & Powers PC represents Oltmann. Randy B. Corporon of Aurora, Colo., and Jonathon Burns of St. Louis, Mo. represent Hoft. Patterson Ripplinger PC represents Malkin. Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP represents Metaxas.

The case is Coomer v. Donald J. Trump for President Inc., Colo. Ct. App., No. 22CA0843, 6/24/24.