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February 22, 2024 at 1:10pm
Mike Lindell is known for touting his MyPillow product. He is also known for pushing election fraud theories.
On Wednesday, a federal judge agreed that Lindell would have to pay $5 million to Robert Zeidman, a software engineer who disputed Lindellâs theory that China interfered with the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden, according to the Associated Press.
Lindell created the âProve Mike Wrong Challengeâ in August 2021 and promised a big prize.
âLindell offered a $5 million reward through Lindell Management for anyone who could prove that âpacket capturesâ and other data he released there were not valid data âfrom the November 2020 election,â the AP reported.
Zeidman submitted a 15-page report, stating the data from Lindell don’t âcontain packet data of any kind and do not contain any information related to the November 2020 election.âÂ
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After a panel of judges did not name Zeidman, he appealed. Now, Lindell vows to appeal this latest ruling.
âOf course we’re going to appeal it. This guy doesn’t have a dime coming,â Lindell said, noting the ruling as against his company, Lindell Management LLC, and not against him, according to the AP.
âA panel of three arbitrators last April unanimously ordered Lindell to pay Zeidman $5 million, concluding that he had satisfied the contest rules,â the AP reported. âIn Wednesday’s ruling, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim expressed concern about how the panel interpreted what he called a âpoorly written contract,â but said courts have only limited authority to overrule arbitration awards. He ordered Lindell to pay up with interest within 30 days.â
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