New York — A pair of self-described conservative lawyers are leading the fight to shut down the US election conspiracy theory, pitting themselves against some of the loudest voices on the right.

Tom Clare and Libby Locke, a married couple who run their own boutique firm, represent Dominion Voting Systems in lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell seeking a total of $3.9bn for falsely claiming its voting machines were used to steal the 2020 election. Their battle is at the heart of an effort to stop a continuing stream of disinformation from Donald Trump’s supporters — and they have not ruled out suing Trump himself...

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