Smartmatic Sues Mike Lindell, Accusing Him of Spreading Election Lies to Sell More Pillows

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'Lindell could not change the outcome of the election,' the lawsuit states. 'He could, however, gain a bigger audience for his book and gain more purchasers for his MyPillow products.'

Lindell, a conspiracy theorist who rose to prominence as a trusted friend of former President, became a lead voice pushing Trump's baseless claims that an unprecedented, nationwide conspiracy of voter fraud"stole" the 2020 election from Trump.

While Lindell has pushed numerous conspiracy theories to explain Trump's loss, he has mainly focused on voting machines from Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems. He has alleged that these machines switched votes from Trump to current PresidentHowever, Smartmatic's voting machines were only used in one U.S. county during the 2020 election, Los Angeles County,reported.

The voting machine company Smartmatic has sued MyPillow CEO and former President Donald Trump ally Mike Lindell, accusing him of making untrue and defamatory claims that the company's voting machines helped rig the 2020 election against Trump. Above, Lindell speaks during the daily briefing on COVID-19 in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 30, 2020.

"Mr. Lindell understood he could not change the outcome of the election with his disinformation campaign," the lawsuit continues."He could, however, gain a bigger audience for his book and gain more purchasers for his MyPillow products."

 

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