The Kraken: What is it and why has Trump’s ex-lawyer released it?

Ms Powell took over as Mr Flynn's defence lawyer after he was convicted throughout a justice division inquiry into alleged Russian interference within the 2016 election, urging him to withdraw his responsible plea. 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representing a sprawling, unsubstantiated set of claims that purport to outline the case for widespread fraud in the US presidential election.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"It's also become an internet meme representing a sprawling, unsubstantiated set of claims that purport to outline the case for widespread fraud in the US presidential election.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"Pro-Trump groups including QAnon conspiracy theorists have amplified the idea under the hashtag #ReleaseTheKraken, and it's being widely shared by those supporting the legal campaign to challenge the election results.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Pro-Trump groups including QAnon conspiracy theorists have amplified the idea under the hashtag #ReleaseTheKraken, and it's being widely shared by those supporting the legal campaign to challenge the election 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"},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"The documents include many inaccurate or unfounded election fraud claims we've fact-checked previously.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"The documents include many inaccurate or unfounded election fraud claims we've fact-checked previously.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"unorderedList","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"listItem","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"urlLink","model":{"text":"Fact-checking Trump team's main fraud claims","locator":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-55016029","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Fact-checking Trump team's main fraud claims","attributes":[]}}]}}]}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"They also make further, more far-fetched claims about the voting machines used in key states. ","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"They also make further, more far-fetched claims about the voting machines used in key states. ","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"Ms Powell says the Dominion voting machine software used in Michigan and Georgia allows "computerised ballot-stuffing", and the machines were accessed by foreign agents to manipulate results in the US election.","blocks":[{"type":"fragment","model":{"text":"Ms Powell says the Dominion voting machine software used in Michigan and Georgia allows "computerised ballot-stuffing", and the machines were accessed by foreign agents to manipulate results in the US election.","attributes":[]}}]}}]}},{"type":"text","model":{"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","model":{"text":"There is no evidence of foreign interference in the 2020 US election, or votes being flipped. 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