Dominion is suing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell over election claims

In its complaint, the company cites a number of statements by Mr. Lindell, including in media appearances, social media posts and a two-hour film alleging widespread electoral fraud. Mr. Lindell said he helped produce the film, which he released online in early February.

The complaint alleges that Mr. Lindell made false claims about the integrity of Dominion’s voting machines and that he had no credible evidence supporting his claims that the company stole Mr. Trump’s election – making Dominion the ‘big lie. ‘ has named.

“He is well aware of the independent audits and paper ballots that conclusively refute the Big Lie,” the complaint said. “But Lindell … to this day sells the lie because the lie sells pillows.”

The suit also names MyPillow Inc. as defendant.

Monday, Mr. Lindell in an interview that he was “very, very happy” when he heard of the lawsuit.

“I have all the evidence on them,” he said. “Now this is being revealed faster, all the machine fraud and the attack on our country.”

In Dominion’s lawsuit, Mr. Lindell accused of repeatedly and falsely claiming that algorithms in Dominion’s voting machines had stolen votes from Mr. Trump. It said he had undertaken a marketing campaign for the pillow company based on his support for Mr. Trump and the former president’s claims that the election was stolen from him.

Dominion says the allegations made by Mr. Lindell and others have irreparably damaged his reputation, jeopardized his contracts with state and local governments, and led to death threats and harassment of employees. The company says it provides election equipment used by more than 40% of US voters.

Federal and state officials have said there is no evidence that a voting system removed or altered the votes in the November election. Election officials have re-counted and rechecked millions of paper ballots in multiple states, confirming the results of Dominion’s machines. Those states include Georgia, which Mr. Biden received with less than 12,000 votes out of approximately 5 million.

Last month, Dominion filed defamation cases against Rudy Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s personal attorney, and pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell. Mr. Giuliani has said he would use the lawsuit to investigate Dominion and that the lawsuit was an attempt to censor him. Ms. Powell has said that she has not published a statement that she knew was false and that she has credible evidence.

Attorneys for Dominion have sent letters to multiple media outlets and others who, according to the lawyers, are spreading false allegations of electoral fraud, pursuing withdrawals, or instructing them to keep documents related to the 2020 election in case of potential lawsuits, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Another voting machine company, Smartmatic USA Corp., sued Fox Corps

Fox News, who sought damages of $ 2.7 billion for what the company said were defamatory comments about the company’s products. The network has said it is proud of the 2020 election coverage and called the lawsuit worthless. Fox Corp. and Wall Street Journal parent company News Corp. share common ownership.

Megan Meier, a lawyer for Dominion, said Mr. Lindell has become one of the main proponents of allegations that Dominion falsified the election. “Even now that some of his allies have calmed down a little, Mr. Lindell has doubled and tripled,” Ms. Meier told The Wall Street Journal last week.

Dominion’s complaint stated that the company sent letters to Mr. Lindell, in which he demanded revocation and outlined factual errors in his allegations.

Mr. Lindell has said that a number of retailers have stopped selling his pillow company’s products since he started promoting the election fraud claims. A spokeswoman for Kohl’s Corp. said it had decided to stop buying additional inventory, but said the decision was due to reduced customer demand. Similarly, a Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. spokesperson said that the company dropped the brand because of poor sales, not politics.

Twitter Inc. has the account of Mr. Lindell was permanently suspended in January for repeatedly violating his civil integrity policy, a Twitter spokesman said.

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