Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, is stepping down from the White House in front of then-President Donald Trump in March 2020. The Washington Post / Getty Images caption
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Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, is stepping down from the White House in front of then-President Donald Trump in March 2020.
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Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against MyPillow Inc. and its CEO Mike Lindell on Monday, saying it had spread false information that its voting machines had rigged the 2020 US presidential election.
Dominion filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, DC, demanding more than $ 1.3 billion in damages.
According to the complaint, Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump, was knowingly involved in spreading disinformation that Dominion’s electoral systems had stolen the election in favor of President Joe Biden. The company calls this the “big lie”.
The complaint also alleges that MyPillow ran ads aimed at people who believed the conspiracy theories about the election result in order to benefit.
Today legal representative for #DominionVotingSystems filed a libel complaint against My Pillow and its CEO Mike Lindell in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The judicial filing follows several notices of revocation and warnings of legal action.
– Dominion Voting (@dominionvoting) February 22, 2021
“Lindell – a talented salesman and former professional card counter – sells the lie to this day because the lie sells pillows. MyPillow’s defamatory marketing campaign – with promo codes like ‘FightforTrump’, ’45, ” Proof ‘and’ QAnon ‘- has that MyPillow sales up 30-40% and people continue to divert their outrage over election lies into pillow purchases. ” Complaint reads.
In an interview with The Wall Street JournalLindell said he was “very, very happy” to find out about the suit.
“I have all the evidence for it,” he told the Journal. “Now this is being announced faster, all the machine fraud and the attack on our country.”
Social media giant Twitter Lindell suspended from his platform Last month.
He previously used his verified account to spread debunked theories about the election and widespread electoral fraud.
The account was “permanently suspended due to repeated violations of our civil integrity policy,” a Twitter spokesman told NPR. It was not clear what contributions from Lindell led to his removal from the social media platform.
Dominion has also filed lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani and Sidney PowellLawyers who have worked with Trump on his numerous post-election legal actions over similar fraud cases. The company is demanding $ 1.3 billion in damages for each.
Read the complaint below.
