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A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and tipped the outcome to Joe Biden.

Lindell said he plans to appeal. Asked if he can afford to pay, he pointed out that the breach-of-contract lawsuit was against one of his companies, Lindell Management LLC, and not against him personally.

“Of course we’re going to appeal it. This guy doesn’t have a dime coming,” Lindell said.

Lindell, a prominent promoter of false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the 2020 election, launched his “Prove Mike Wrong Challenge,” as part of a “Cyber Symposium” he hosted in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in August 2021. Lindell offered a $5 million reward through Lindell Management for anyone who could prove that “packet captures” and other data he released there were not valid data “from the November 2020 election.”

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 64 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My absolute favorite thing about this is that they guy he has to pay is a Trump voter. He was just a Trump voter who knew how to make some money off of an idiot.

[–] marx2k@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

That's like a reverse Trump voter

[–] ItsAFake@lemmus.org 38 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Fuck I forgot this weirdo existed.

[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Probably better that we forgot about him

[–] ItsAFake@lemmus.org 12 points 8 months ago

Ohh yeah I'm not happy that I've remembered him.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

He reminds me of Charlie Kelly's creepy uncle who is a pedo and always talking about his hands. Similar look, similar vibes.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 33 points 8 months ago (1 children)

2024 is turning into the year of Finding Out :D

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago

"Don't do that. Don't give me hope."

Jeremy Renner's Clint Bartlet character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as a hopeless Ronin being approached to rejoin the Avengers.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 17 points 8 months ago

Asked if he can afford to pay, he pointed out that the breach-of-contract lawsuit was against one of his companies

Anyone else remember this guy crying that he was broke and couldn't even pay his lawyers? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mypillow-lawyers-say-ceo-mike-lindell-owes-millions-dollars-rcna119058

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hey wouldn't it be great if this was pushed all the way to the engineer proving that Mike is personally responsible, not his company, and thus sets precedent to remove the legal shields preventing asshole company executives from getting justice for ruining society into the ground for personal gain?

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)
[–] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago

Our pillow.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

You fraud this? I fraud this.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Get fucked, traitor.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Mustachioed CHODE.