Dominion sues My Pillow Guy
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Dominion Voting Systems filed a lawsuit Monday against MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell for defamation after the Trump ally spread baseless claims about the company’s voting machines, the latest in a string of high-dollar lawsuits Dominion has waged against right-wing figures who spread conspiracy theories about election fraud.
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The $1.3 billion lawsuit alleges Lindell “sells the lie” involving the company’s voting machines “because the lie sells pillows,” despite the “unprecedented reputational and financial harm” Dominion has suffered as a result.
MyPillow sponsored rallies that pushed election fraud claims, offered discount codes related to the conspiracy theory and advertised on right-wing news networks where the claims were being pushed, the lawsuit notes, alleging Lindell “knowingly lied about Dominion to sell more pillows to people who continued tuning in to hear what they wanted to hear about the election.”
Dominion also accuses Lindell of deceptive trade practices in addition to defamation because he lied so MyPillow could derive “financial benefits from making those false statements,” and notes Lindell’s election fraud campaign sold copies of his book and raised the likelihood that former President Donald Trump would endorse his potential run for governor of Minnesota.
Dominion had previously sent Lindell three letters warning of potential litigation after he started spreading the conspiracy theory, saying his “smear campaign against Dominion has been relentless” and harmed the company, and suggested he would likely be sued for defamation.
Lindell doubled down on his attacks against Dominion in response to their threats, releasing a documentary pushing his election fraud claims that included allegations about their voting machines, despite the company sending Lindell a letter that detailed “red flags” about a report Lindell relied upon to demonstrate the purported election fraud.
Lindell and his documentary have “failed to make any real evidence available for public scrutiny,” the lawsuit alleges, and the CEO has instead “put forward fake evidence and sought to enrich himself even more by claiming that he is the victim of ‘cancel culture’ and that Dominion wants to hide the truth.”
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I wonder if the judge will give an award, and then say "...but wait, there's more!"
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I wonder if the judge will give an award, and then say "...but wait, there's more!"
@doctor-phibes "I've interrupted this judgment to tell you...."
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"...we'll throw in a free prison sentence!"
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Good lawyers often have good defenses. We see here already that good lawyers build compelling narratives as the article demonstrates. I’d love to see the discount code for the conspiracy. Is that an exhibit?
If you think I’m defending the pillow guy you’ve missed my point.
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Good lawyers often have good defenses. We see here already that good lawyers build compelling narratives as the article demonstrates. I’d love to see the discount code for the conspiracy. Is that an exhibit?
If you think I’m defending the pillow guy you’ve missed my point.
@loki said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
If you think I’m defending the pillow guy you’ve missed my point.
I guess we'll leave that to some of the others.
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That guy was already rich, but he got way richer when he aligned himself with Trump.
Education is extremely important.
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I really hope one of these goes to trial so we can have a detailed discovery process wrt Dominion's machines.
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@horace said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
That guy was already rich, but he got way richer when he aligned himself with Trump.
Silly me, I thought he was “all in” but now we know he just used Trump and the fraud claim just to make money.
Surprised the lawyers scooped the media.
These narratives are getting complex.
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@horace said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
That guy was already rich, but he got way richer when he aligned himself with Trump.
Not to mention the riches he will receive in heaven for aligning himself with God's choice for President.
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@horace said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
That guy was already rich, but he got way richer when he aligned himself with Trump.
Not to mention the riches he will receive in heaven for aligning himself with God's choice for President.
@doctor-phibes said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
@horace said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
That guy was already rich, but he got way richer when he aligned himself with Trump.
Not to mention the riches he will receive in heaven for aligning himself with God's choice for President.
I've heard around town that Trump is practically Jesus.
Please love yourself.
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@doctor-phibes said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
@horace said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
That guy was already rich, but he got way richer when he aligned himself with Trump.
Not to mention the riches he will receive in heaven for aligning himself with God's choice for President.
I've heard around town that Trump is practically Jesus.
@aqua-letifer said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
@doctor-phibes said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
@horace said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
That guy was already rich, but he got way richer when he aligned himself with Trump.
Not to mention the riches he will receive in heaven for aligning himself with God's choice for President.
I've heard around town that Trump is practically Jesus.
Really? Someone important to you said that? Really?
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@doctor-phibes said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
@horace said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
That guy was already rich, but he got way richer when he aligned himself with Trump.
Not to mention the riches he will receive in heaven for aligning himself with God's choice for President.
I've heard around town that Trump is practically Jesus.
@aqua-letifer said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
@doctor-phibes said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
@horace said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
That guy was already rich, but he got way richer when he aligned himself with Trump.
Not to mention the riches he will receive in heaven for aligning himself with God's choice for President.
I've heard around town that Trump is practically Jesus.
He’s mowing grass at my kid’s school? Holy cow!
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Dominion’s Suits Against Trump Allies Can Proceed, Judge Rules
It’s moving along.
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Of course. The political retribution must continue.
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@jolly said in Dominion sues My Pillow Guy:
Of course. The political retribution must continue.
Or justice for all of the lying.
