Mike Lindell Ordered to Pay $5 Million to Trump Voter Who Debunked His Election Lies

[aubiefifty 18,259]

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Mike Lindell Ordered to Pay $5 Million to Trump Voter Who Debunked His Election Lies

Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng

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Mike-Lindell-RS-1800 - Credit: Denver Post via Getty Images

 

Fox News isn’t alone in having to pay millions of dollars for lying about the 2020 election. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was ordered on Wednesday to pay $5 million to Robert Zeidman, a 63-year-old Trump voter who debunked Lindell’s claim that China interfered in the election based on data Lindell provided.

It’s a strange story. It started in August 2021 when Lindell claimed during a “cyber symposium” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that he had data proving China interfered in the election. He announced he would pay $5 million to anyone who prove him wrong, dubbing the contest, naturally, the “Prove Mike Wrong Challenge.”

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Zeidman signed up for the challenge, which required only that contestants prove that the data Lindell provided didn’t have anything to do with the 2020 election. Zeidman, a computer forensics specialist, did just that, finding the data was total nonsense. Lindell refused to pay up, so Zeidman took him to arbitration. The arbitration panel ruled that Zeidman did indeed prove that the data in question “unequivocally did not reflect November 2020 election data,” ordering Lindell to pay within 30 days.

“The truth is finally out there,” Zeidman told The Washington Post in a statement, adding that he is “really happy” with the decision.

Lindell doesn’t seem very keen to abide by the decision. “It will end up in court,” Lindell said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Just another attack to try and stop us from getting rid of the electronic voting machines.”

Asked if that meant he was having his lawyers file a challenge imminently, Lindell replied, “Yes.”

Even in the aftermath of Fox’s mammoth settlement with Dominion Voting Systems after a bruising and often embarrassing legal fight for the network, Lindell remained determined to keep aggressively pushing election denialism and baseless conspiracy theories this week.

Shortly after news broke Thursday of the order for him to pay up, the pillow mogul and Trump friend started telling Rolling Stone about his upcoming August “Election Crime Bureau Summit,” where he claims: “It will be over finally with all the attacks,” and that “I will be vindicated and all the media can apologize afterwards!”

Lindell is no stranger to court. The conspiracy theorizing pillow magnate was sued for defamation by Dominion and Smartmatic Voting Systems over false claims that the companies helped rig the election in President Biden’s favor. Lindell made the claims through several outlets, including Fox News, which on Monday settled their own defamation suit brought by Dominion to the tune of $787.5 million.

The pillow magnate remains defiant. In his Tuesday broadcast of the Mike Lindell Show, Lindell asserted that “even if Dominion or Smartmatic or any of them offered me a billion dollars, I would say no,” adding a warning to the companies that their “machines are going to go bye-bye.”

This article was updated Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 6:20 PM to include additional comments made by Lindell

[aubiefifty 18,259]

and the trump effect with wingnuts continues. i applauded this when i saw it.

[Mims44 2,004]

10 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

yahoo.com

 

Mike Lindell Ordered to Pay $5 Million to Trump Voter Who Debunked His Election Lies

Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng

4–5 minutes

---

 

Mike-Lindell-RS-1800 - Credit: Denver Post via Getty Images

 

Fox News isn’t alone in having to pay millions of dollars for lying about the 2020 election. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was ordered on Wednesday to pay $5 million to Robert Zeidman, a 63-year-old Trump voter who debunked Lindell’s claim that China interfered in the election based on data Lindell provided.

It’s a strange story. It started in August 2021 when Lindell claimed during a “cyber symposium” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that he had data proving China interfered in the election. He announced he would pay $5 million to anyone who prove him wrong, dubbing the contest, naturally, the “Prove Mike Wrong Challenge.”

More from Rolling Stone

• Fox News Settles Dominion Case, Avoiding Public Airing of Network's Dirty Laundry

• The $1.6 Billion Defamation Case Against Fox News Is Headed to Trial

• Tucker Carlson Calls 2020 Election 'Biggest Scam,' Despite Privately Admitting It's BS

Zeidman signed up for the challenge, which required only that contestants prove that the data Lindell provided didn’t have anything to do with the 2020 election. Zeidman, a computer forensics specialist, did just that, finding the data was total nonsense. Lindell refused to pay up, so Zeidman took him to arbitration. The arbitration panel ruled that Zeidman did indeed prove that the data in question “unequivocally did not reflect November 2020 election data,” ordering Lindell to pay within 30 days.

“The truth is finally out there,” Zeidman told The Washington Post in a statement, adding that he is “really happy” with the decision.

Lindell doesn’t seem very keen to abide by the decision. “It will end up in court,” Lindell said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Just another attack to try and stop us from getting rid of the electronic voting machines.”

Asked if that meant he was having his lawyers file a challenge imminently, Lindell replied, “Yes.”

Even in the aftermath of Fox’s mammoth settlement with Dominion Voting Systems after a bruising and often embarrassing legal fight for the network, Lindell remained determined to keep aggressively pushing election denialism and baseless conspiracy theories this week.

Shortly after news broke Thursday of the order for him to pay up, the pillow mogul and Trump friend started telling Rolling Stone about his upcoming August “Election Crime Bureau Summit,” where he claims: “It will be over finally with all the attacks,” and that “I will be vindicated and all the media can apologize afterwards!”

Lindell is no stranger to court. The conspiracy theorizing pillow magnate was sued for defamation by Dominion and Smartmatic Voting Systems over false claims that the companies helped rig the election in President Biden’s favor. Lindell made the claims through several outlets, including Fox News, which on Monday settled their own defamation suit brought by Dominion to the tune of $787.5 million.

The pillow magnate remains defiant. In his Tuesday broadcast of the Mike Lindell Show, Lindell asserted that “even if Dominion or Smartmatic or any of them offered me a billion dollars, I would say no,” adding a warning to the companies that their “machines are going to go bye-bye.”

This article was updated Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 6:20 PM to include additional comments made by Lindell

Did he actually run a contest for this?

I was under the impression he just ran his mouth about it.

 

If I say out loud, 'Man, I'm so thirsty, I'd give a million dollars for a cold drink right about now'

 

And then fifty runs over and hands me an ice tea.... could he then sue me for a million dollars?  

[aubiefifty 18,259]

2 minutes ago, Mims44 said:

Did he actually run a contest for this?

I was under the impression he just ran his mouth about it.

 

If I say out loud, 'Man, I'm so thirsty, I'd give a million dollars for a cold drink right about now'

 

And then fifty runs over and hands me an ice tea.... could he then sue me for a million dollars?  

um fifty dunna run at his old age just saying...............i wobble. but i remain sexy as hell. yes i know you got it bad for me. you wanna tap this you are going to have to wash your face bro.

[Mims44 2,004]

Just now, aubiefifty said:

um fifty dunna run at his old age just saying...............i wobble. but i remain sexy as hell. yes i know you got it bad for me. you wanna tap this you are going to have to wash your face bro.

... It's too early for you to be this high.

[aubiefifty 18,259]

17 minutes ago, Mims44 said:

... It's too early for you to be this high.

dude i literally just got out of bed and have had less than half a cup of coffee. but you can bet your azz i will be high as a kite once i get done driving around tending to a couple of errands. and as an aside FOLGERS BLACK SILK COFFEE for the win. it is the best coffee i have ever had including the pricey brands................

[Leftfield 3,379]

33 minutes ago, aubiefifty said:

um fifty dunna run at his old age just saying...............i wobble. but i remain sexy as hell. yes i know you got it bad for me. you wanna tap this you are going to have to wash your face bro.

Not a visual I needed with my morning coffee.

[aubiefifty 18,259]

11 minutes ago, Leftfield said:

Not a visual I needed with my morning coffee.

lefty i am a sexy beast with an extra wrinkle or two. ask either of the 78's as they hit on me all the time in private.

[AU9377 6,037]

12 hours ago, Mims44 said:

Did he actually run a contest for this?

I was under the impression he just ran his mouth about it.

 

If I say out loud, 'Man, I'm so thirsty, I'd give a million dollars for a cold drink right about now'

 

And then fifty runs over and hands me an ice tea.... could he then sue me for a million dollars?  

He actually signed a contract with the guy agreeing to pay the money and when the guy disproved his theory completely, he did the Trump thing and just refused to pay.  That triggered an arbitration clause in the contract and the arbitrator awarded the money due under the contract.

[icanthearyou 4,468]

Interesting that the winner of the arbitration is a Trump supporter/voter.

[aubiefifty 18,259]

seriously tho..............i hope ol mike sleeps good at night...........grins

[homersapien 12,244]

47 minutes ago, icanthearyou said:

Interesting that the winner of the arbitration is a Trump supporter/voter.

Obviously - in this case -  opportunity "trumped" cultish behavior.  

[icanthearyou 4,468]

11 minutes ago, homersapien said:

Obviously - in this case -  opportunity "trumped" cultish behavior.  

Maybe but,,, I read on the Fox Digital, that he got the information to win the arbitration from Biden and, the gathering and processing of the data and analytics was funded by George Soros.