MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Ordered to Face Voting-Fraud Defamation Suit
- Judge says ‘wealth of evidence’ shows Lindell’s claims false
- Lindell said the case is a violation of the First Amendment
Mike Lindell departs from federal court in Washington, D.C. in 2021.
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MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike Lindell must face a defamation suit filed by a voting machine maker that was falsely accused of participating in a conspiracy to rig the 2020 election against former President Donald Trump.
A federal judge in Minneapolis on Monday denied MyPillow and Lindell’s motion to dismiss the suit by Smartmatic Corp. US District Judge Wilhelmina Wright said there was a “wealth of information” that could have tipped off the defendants that the conspiracy theory was false, including individual states’ election reports and public statements by election officials.