My Pillow Idiot... the saga continues... A judge has rejected MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's appeal to dismiss Dominion's $1.3 billion lawsuit against him https://www.businessinsider.com/jud...empt-to-get-dominion-lawsuit-dismissed-2022-3 A judge has dismissed Mike Lindell's appeal to get Dominion's defamation lawsuit against him tossed. Lindell had appealed a ruling stating that the $1.3 billion lawsuit against him should proceed. Lindell told Insider that he plans to bring new claims against Dominion, and launch a class-action lawsuit against all voting technology companies. A judge has dismissed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's latest attempt to get voting technology company Dominion's $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against him thrown out. In a judgment filed on Tuesday, District Judge Carl J. Nichols denied Lindell's appeal to have Dominion's defamation claims dismissed. Instead, the judge wrote that litigation against MyPillow would continue. Per the filing, Nichols wrote that MyPillow "has not made a serious argument that a court is required, at the motion to dismiss stage in a defamation case, to consider and weigh factual materials outside the pleadings and relied on by the defendant." The judge also wrote that the questions raised by Lindell's team were "far from exceptional." Dominion sued Lindell and his pillow company in February 2021, alleging that he damaged them when he pushed false conspiracy theories about the election-technology company's role in the 2020 election. Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell— both lawyers linked to former President Donald Trump — were also sued at the same time for touting baseless theories that the election was stolen from Trump for President Joe Biden. Nichols previously denied motions from Lindell, Powell, and Giuliani to dismiss the lawsuits and consolidated the three separate lawsuits into one case that will move to trial in tandem. However, Lindell's lawyers have dodged meetings for Dominion's defamation lawsuit and refused to hand over discovery material. Lindell told Insider in January that his team was waiting to see if their appeal would be successful before participating in these meetings. In February, Dominion and Lindell's legal teams said that they have no intention of settling their cases. Lindell is also facing a defamation lawsuit from voting company Smartmatic, which has alleged that Lindell is "crazy like a fox" and accused him of "intentionally (stoking) the fires of xenophobia and party divide for the noble purpose of selling his pillows." For his part, Lindell has countersued Dominion, its public-relations company Hamilton Place Strategies, and Smartmatic. When asked about his appeal's dismissal, Lindell told Insider that he was planning to move ahead with his fight against Dominion and other election technology companies. "Here's the thing — we're bringing all the evidence that they did not preserve evidence," Lindell said. He also accused Dominion of "deleting" records from the 2020 election. Lindell added that he has been working on a class-action lawsuit for over five months, claiming that he has amassed testimonies from "hundreds" of county clerks and commissioners against "all" the voting technology companies — including Dominion and Smartmatic. He added that the lawsuit would likely be filed within the next two weeks and that wants to get "more and more plaintiffs" added to it. Lindell also expressed hope that election technology company ES&S would sue him, too. "All of them, they're all defective products. It's like having bad brakes on a car, that's defective," Lindell said. "When you purchase these machines, these people that purchase them in the states and counties, the machines didn't do what they were supposed to do."
'A murder?!' Lindell TV host forces MyPillow CEO to clarify after he makes potentially libelous accusation on air https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-2656973678/ MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is continuing to spread his conspiracy theories despite being sued for $1.3 billion for his delusions about the 2020 election. Lindell, speaking on a "Lindell TV" podcast, shocked his own employee with his latest accusation. While ranting about Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, Lindell vowed "she will end up in prison, prison, and more prison." "Jena Griswold is a criminal beyond all criminals," accused the man who helped Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election. "One of the most evil people this country has ever seen." He then accused Griswold of murder. "But I got news for you Jena, it's already too late, you already committed a murder and we caught you," Lindell alleged. His own host was shocked. "A murder?!" he asked. "A murder? A murder?" Lindell attempted to play it off as an analogy.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was re-banned from Twitter 3 hours after returning to the platform since his initial ban in 2021 MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell, speaks to reporters outside federal court in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo https://www.businessinsider.com/myp...l-re-banned-twitter-hours-after-return-2022-5 Lindell was banned from Twitter in 2021 over election misinformation but rejoined the platform on Sunday. The account was quickly banned for violating Twitter's ban evasion policy. "Jack Dorsey should be first in line for prison!" Lindell told Insider via text. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was banned from Twitter on Sunday hours after making a return to the platform. Lindell, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, was banned from Twitter in January 2021 for spreading misinformation about the 2020 election. On Sunday afternoon, he posted to a new account announcing his return. "Hello everybody, I'M BACK ON TWITTER. My only account is @MikeJLindell! Please RT and FOLLOW to SPREAD THE WORD," Lindell said in a tweet, Insider's Bethany Biron reported. The tweet also featured a video of Lindell confirming the account was in fact his. "All those other ones are fake accounts and they've been using my name out there, so we started this account," he said. "Please share with everybody you know, let everybody you know, so we can get the word out at Twitter in case they do take it down. Thanks a lot for helping out." About three and a half hours later, the account was suspended. A Twitter spokesperson told Insider the account was permanently suspended for violating the platform's rules on ban evasion. Twitter's ban evasion policy prohibits anyone from trying to evade a previous ban, including by creating a new account. Lindell was initially banned from Twitter for violating the platform's rules on misinformation and its civic-integrity policy, which prohibits sharing false or misleading information about how to vote or election outcomes. Lindell told Insider Twitter did not give him a reason for the latest ban but called it a "shame." "We need to melt down the voting machines and turn them into prison bars," Lindell said, referencing his own efforts to have voting machines blocked from use in US elections. "Jack Dorsey should be first in line for prison!" Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO in November. Dorsey is still on Twitter's board but has said he plans to leave when his term expires in late May. Lindell also said he decided to rejoin Twitter because others were creating fake accounts pretending to be him. "I put up the Twitter account today to let the public know that none of the fake Mike Lindell accounts on Twitter are mine," Lindell said, adding that he is still on his own social media platform Frank Social. His attempt to rejoin the platform came after Twitter announced on Monday that Elon Musk was buying the platform in a $44 billion deal. The Tesla and SpaceX billionaire has said he is interested in promoting "free speech" on the platform, prompting speculation about potential changes to Twitter's content moderation policies and previous bans. Sources recently told The Wall Street Journal that Musk is dismayed that Trump is still banned from Twitter, but the former president previously said he does not plan to return to the platform even if Musk takes over. "I hope Elon buys Twitter because he'll make improvements to it and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on TRUTH," Trump told Fox News, referring to his own social media platform Truth Social.
Pillow salesman and Trump ally Mike Lindell says FBI served him with subpoena for contents of his phone By Evan Perez, Sara Murray and Jeremy Harlan, CNN Tue September 13, 2022 https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/13/...hone-seized-fbi-subpoena-my-pillow/index.html MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell waits outside the West Wing of the White House before entering on January 15, 2021, in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/FILE CNN — Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow and prominent backer of former President Donald Trump’s false voter fraud claims, said Tuesday the FBI served him with a grand jury subpoena for the contents of his phone as part of an investigation into a Colorado election security breach. Lindell shared on social media and conservative media copies of a subpoena he said was served by the FBI. In an interview with CNN, Lindell said agents asked him questions about Tina Peters, the Mesa County, Colorado, clerk who is facing state charges connected to a scheme that allegedly allowed an unauthorized person to access voting machines. Peters has pleaded not guilty. The FBI is also investigating the security breach episode, CNN has reported. Lindell said the FBI encounter occurred Tuesday afternoon while he was in his car in a drive-thru at a Hardee’s restaurant in Minnesota. On his internet show, “The Lindell Report,” he said, “Cars pulled up in front of us, to the side of us and behind us and I said, ‘These are either bad guys or the FBI.’ Well, it turns out they were the FBI.” Lindell told CNN the agents presented him with the subpoena and asked for his phone. On his internet show, Lindell said, “He goes, ‘Well, I got some bad news … he goes, ‘We’re taking your cellphone. We have a warrant for your cellphone.’” Lindell initially objected, and consulted his attorney, but then relented and provided the device to the agents. “I want to say this for the record, they were pretty nice guys. None of them had an attitude,” Lindell said on his show. Lindell told CNN he initially believed the agents were serving him with a subpoena as part of a large sweep of investigative activity in recent days related to the ongoing January 6, 2021, investigation. Agents told him it was unrelated. “I said, ‘Come on, bring me to January 6,’” he said he told the agents, “I want to be part of that show.” Lindell said the subpoena warned against disclosure. “They thought they were there to intimidate me; they won’t intimidate me,” Lindell told CNN. An FBI spokesperson told CNN, “Without commenting on this specific matter, I can confirm that the FBI was at that location executing a search warrant authorized by a federal judge.” CNN has reached out to Peters’ attorney for comment.
Supreme Court declines to hear MyPillow CEO Lindell's defamation case The $1.3 billion defamation suit against Lindell can now proceed. By Madeleine Hubbard Updated: October 3, 2022 https://justthenews.com/government/...rt-declines-hear-mypillow-ceo-defamation-case The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's appeal in his defamation lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems, the election machine company that he said rigged the 2020 election against former President Donald Trump. Dominion sued Lindell over his allegations. The $1.3 billion defamation suit can now proceed because the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal, The Hill newspaper reports. Lindell, a close ally of Trump, has asserted that the election was stolen. He sued Dominion last year following the election company's defamation lawsuit. At the time, Lindell claimed Dominion "weaponized the legal process and intimidated witnesses to election fraud" as part of an attempt to "cover up gross security flaws in their electronic voting systems." The voting company is also pursuing cases against former Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani for their claims about the 2020 election, but the attorneys did not participate in Lindell's appeal.
Mike Lindell’s $5 million contest winner takes him to federal court By Emma Brown and Chris Dehghanpoor Updated May 19, 2023 A Nevada computer scientist has gone to federal court to pursue the $5 million prize he is owed by MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell following a ruling by private arbitrators last month. The arbitrators found that Robert Zeidman deserved the money because he had successfully challenged data related to Lindell’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen — and had thus won a contest Lindell had dubbed: “Prove Mike Wrong.” In their April 19 decision, they gave Lindell’s firm, Lindell Management, 30 days to pay. Since then, Lindell has not turned over any money, and on Thursday he asked a state court in Minnesota to vacate the award on the grounds that the arbitration panel had “exceeded its powers.” Zeidman’s attorneys on Friday filed a petition in federal district court in Minnesota to force Lindell to pay the prize, plus interest of 10 percent a year. They are asking a judge to confirm the legitimacy of the arbitrators’ award and to enter a $5 million judgment against Lindell’s firm. Such a judgment would empower Zeidman with stronger legal tools he could use to collect his winnings. “There are no circumstances under which I’m letting him run away with that money,” said Brian Glasser, one of Zeidman’s attorneys. Lindell said he would continue to fight to quash the arbitration award. “It’s not about payment, it’s wrong. They’re just doing this trying to discredit the evidence and the evidence is all there,” he said in an interview Friday. “We’re taking it to court. It’s just all corrupt.” Under federal and state law, a decision to vacate the award would require finding that the arbitrators had committed misconduct, exceeded their powers or that the process was otherwise corrupt. The controversy grew out of an offer Lindell made ahead of a “cyber symposium” he held in August 2021 in South Dakota. In public and broadcast appearances, he claimed that he had data showing that the Chinese government had interfered with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and he said he would pay a $5 million prize to any cyber expert who could prove that the material was not from that election. Zeidman examined Lindell’s data and concluded that it did not substantiate Lindell’s claims of fraud and in fact had no connection to the 2020 election.In their decision, the arbitrators said Zeidman proved that Lindell’s material “unequivocally did not reflect November 2020 election data.” Lindell has been one of the most stalwart and vocal proponents of former president Donald Trump’s false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the 2020 election. Lindell faces a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems — the company that recently secured a historic settlement in a defamation case against Fox News — and another defamation lawsuit from a former Dominion executive. Lindell has denied wrongdoing in both cases.