Mike Lindell Loses Defamation Case

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation's most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election.

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Really striking that, five years later, Mike Lindell is facing some accountability for his 2020 lies -- and meanwhile other Trump allies are ginning up the 239,000th bullshit claim about that election.

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-- Philip Bump (@pbump.com) Jun 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM

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Couldn't have happened to a more deserving -------.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2025-06-17 08:40 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

FAFO.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-06-17 09:05 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Only 2 mil instead of the 64 mil. Still hope he drowns in his own swine$#!+

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-06-17 09:07 AM | Reply

... A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation's most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election. ...

Quelle surprise.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-17 11:07 PM | Reply

@#3 ... Only 2 mil instead of the 64 mil. ...

Yeah, the jury was kind.

But even at only $2M, I suspect Mr Lindell may be facing some issues.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-17 11:08 PM | Reply

The judgment aside, let me ask a question ...

Why do so many of Pres Trump's most avid supporters seem to wind up on the wrong side of the law?

Does this ~inner circle~ of Pres Trump date back to his days in NYC?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-17 11:11 PM | Reply

OK, speaking of the "inner circle" of Pres trump, there seems to be fmr Mayor Giuliani.

In a random search engine query, I found this ....

c7.alamy.com

... New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, right, dressed in drag as a role in "Victor/Victoria," sings with Julie Andrews at the New York Hilton Saturday, March 1, 1997, during an event presented by the Inner Circle. The Inner Circle dinner, a $400-a-plate, black-tie affair, is where the city's journalists satirize city, state and national politics.

Giuliani's act, entitled "Rudy Rudia," was a rebuttal to the Inner Circle's play entitled Citizen Pain, a political satire written and performed by New York City journalists. This year was the show's 75th anniversary. (AP Photo/Joe DeMaria) ...

Wow.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-17 11:19 PM | Reply