Tag Archives: Mike Lindell

The Associated Press reports: A former elections manager who prosecutors say assisted in a security breach of voting equipment in a Colorado county pleaded guilty on Wednesday under a plea agreement that requires her to testify against her former boss. Sandra Brown is one of two employees accused of helping Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters allow a copy of a …

Raw Story reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said one of his first actions if he becomes chair of the Republican National Committee will be to fire all the lawyers who did not try to overturn the 2020 presidential election. During an interview on Thursday, radio host John Fredericks asked the Trump-supporting pillow monger what “vision” he would bring to the …

Michigan Live reports: A judge rejected MyPillow founder Mike Lindell’s demand for Kent County election records as a costly “fishing expedition” in Lindell’s effort to defend a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems. U.S. Magistrate Judge Phillip Green on Tuesday, Nov. 29, granted a motion by Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons to quash Lindell’s subpoena. The judge …

The Insider reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell wants more power within the Republican Party: he’s officially running to chair the Republican National Committee.  Lindell announced his run on Monday morning during fellow Trump ally Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast. “With all my due diligence and in prayer, I am 100% running for RNC chairman against Ronna McDaniel,” Lindell said. “It’s …

Newsweek reports: In an appearance on his “Frank TV” livestream this week, the MyPillow CEO asked fans whether they would support him pursuing a bid against the sitting RNC chairwoman, whom he has previously criticized for her lack of effort to overturn the results of a 2020 election Lindell baselessly claims was rigged against Trump. They overwhelmingly did and he …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Businessman Mike Lindell — aka the MyPillow Guy — poured tens of millions of dollars into spectacularly failed efforts to prove that the 2020 election was stolen from​ former President Donald Trump by fraudulent election machines, while portraying his efforts as a spiritual crusade. The election conspiracy theorist is still at it. A …

The Daily Beast reports: MyPillow CEO turned election denier Mike Lindell planned on holding a “real-time crime” live-streamed show on Tuesday night, but his election night activities were derailed by a series of technical issues. Throughout the evening, his Frank Speech website crashed, displaying a “1020 Access Denied” error, which an industry site says is “caused when a firewall rule …

“We have great news. We’re going to be watching every race. We’re going to have the real-time crime desk going at FrankSpeech.com, everybody. You can watch me there tomorrow night. “I have cyber guys with me. Some of the best in the world and they’re going to be showing you charts of each race! Are they stealing this one? Is …

Law & Crime reports: MyPillow salesman and Donald Trump booster Mike Lindell lost his bid for the return of his seized cell phone on Thursday. In a lengthy and emphatic ruling, a Trump-appointed federal judge also refused to order the government to stop scrutinizing the records for their ongoing criminal investigation — and rejected a separate motion to let Lindell …

St. Louis’s Fox affiliate reports: Like most people, McDonald County Clerk Kimberly Bell had never heard of a “cast vote record” before this summer. It’s not a report she’s ever generated after an election in the small county in southwestern Missouri, where she has administered elections for eight years. But like many county clerks and election officials across the country, …

“Encourage everyone you know to vote the day of the election, not before. Very important, everybody. The media’s all over attacking me for telling you all that. If you get a mail-in vote or whatever, mail-in ballot, just bring it with you to make sure if they tell you, ‘oh, you already voted,’ say, no I didn’t and you go …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: I appreciate Mike Lindell going to Fort Myers, FL, today to deliver more than 9,000 MyPillows and 2,000 of his blankets for victims of Hurricane #Ian. These will mean so much to people who have lost everything. He even brought children’s pillows that have a Bible story picture. My daughter Cissie Graham Lynch and …

Raw Story reports: MyPillow founder Mike Lindell begged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to let him testify before the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Lindell was interviewed by Right Side Broadcasting ahead of Trump’s rally in Minden, Nevada. “I’m going to tell you, that fake Jan. 6 charade that’s going on, shame on them,” Lindell …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s bid to fend off a defamation lawsuit the voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems filed over his far-fetched claims about the 2020 presidential election. The justices’ decision not to hear the case means a federal judge’s ruling in August 2021 that allowed the lawsuit to move forward …

Raw Story reports: “Well, the number one thing that everyone should do is vote day of,” Lindell said, adding that voters can defy “lying” pollsters by voting only on Election Day. “We can overrun the algorithms. Everybody has to get out and vote — everybody you know — and same day. Don’t vote two days early, don’t vote one day …

Law & Crime reports: A federal judge in Minnesota appointed by Donald Trump on Thursday rejected a motion for a temporary restraining order which was filed by local counsel and self-described constitutional consultant Alan Dershowitz on behalf of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. Like the Trump case, the judge noted, plaintiff Lindell is seeking return of property as DOJ conducts an …

Reuters reports: Mike Lindell, the My Pillow Inc chief executive and ally to former President Donald Trump, is under U.S. federal investigation for identity theft and for conspiring to damage a protected computer connected to a suspected voting equipment security breach in Colorado. The new details about the focus of the investigation were confirmed on Wednesday after Lindell’s attorneys uploaded …

Law & Crime reports: A 20-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota seeks the return of Lindell’s phone and other “declaratory or equitable relief.” The complaint also (more relevantly) asks for a judge to declare as “invalid” the search warrant federal agents used to seize Lindell’s company-issued phone. It further seeks the return of the …

Bloomberg News reports: MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike Lindell must face a defamation suit filed by a voting machine maker that was falsely accused of participating in a conspiracy to rig the 2020 election against former President Donald Trump. A federal judge in Minneapolis on Monday denied MyPillow and Lindell’s motion to dismiss the suit by Smartmatic Corp. US …

NBC News reports: Lindell claimed that in January 2021 he was praying that Democrat Sens. Ralphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) won their Senate runoff races because it apparently makes alleged election fraud that much easier to believe. “All of a sudden I started praying. I go, God, please let them take both of these senators. And you’re going, …