MyPillow’s Lindell Sanctioned Over ‘Frivolous’ Election Suit (2)

MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike Lindell was ordered to pay legal fees and costs incurred by a voting technology firm he accused in a “frivolous” lawsuit of rigging the 2020 presidential election.

A federal judge in Washington on Thursday imposed sanctions on Lindell and his former lawyers as part of a decision throwing out the CEO’s defamation lawsuits against <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1045239D%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000180-e25c-d526-abdd-f3ffa3e80000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Dominion Voting Systems Inc. and <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/576460Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000180-e25c-d526-abdd-f3ffa3e80001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Smartmatic Corp., which were falsely placed at the center of a vast conspiracy theory after the election.

Mike Lindell

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Lindell, an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, filed his suit after the companies ...