Sidney Powell Claims She’s Been Banned From Seeing Or Speaking To Trump

Topline In a statement to Fox News on Tuesday, Pro-Trump attorney and conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell said she has been barred from interacting with President Trump, just hours after she was spotted at the White House and following reports that the president floated the idea of naming her special counsel to investigate baseless claims of voter fraud. UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 19: Sidney Powell, attorney for President Donald Trump, conducts a news … [+] conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Trump attorneys Rudolph Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, also attended. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Key Facts Powell claimed she was “blocked by the White House counsel and others from seeing or speaking to the president” after raising “evidence of foreign interference from Iran and China.” A meeting with Powell, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, chief of staff Mark Meadows, and others at the White House turned sour on Friday, with Cipollone relaying to Trump that Powell had “no constitutional authority for what was being discussed,” according to the New York Times. Most of Trump’s advisers have reportedly said they oppose naming her special counsel and grown tired of her increasingly unhinged conspira… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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