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Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for peddling former President Trump’s bogus claims of widespread election fraud is the company’s latest effort in taking Trumpworld figures to task.
In its lawsuit against Lindell filed Monday, Dominion alleged that the MyPillow CEO’s embrace of the former president’s election fraud falsehoods not only worked to Lindell’s advantage financially and politically, but also ruined the voting technology company’s reputation and endangered its employees’ safety.
Dominion CEO John Poulos swiped at the MyPillow CEO in a statement for choosing to “maliciously spread false claims,” despite Dominion’s multiple attempts to set him straight on the facts. Poulos argued that “Lindell’s lies have undermined trust in American democracy” and that “no amount of money can repair the damage that’s been done by these lies.”
The complaint against Lindell also took aim at the falsehoods pushed by allies of the MyPillow CEO, such as Sidney Powell and Lin Wood. Dominion wrote that the false claims that Lindell spread were “deliberately misrepresented, manufactured, cherry-picked, and sourced from con artists and conspiracy theorists who were judicially determined to be ‘wholly unreliable.'”
Dominion’s move to sue Lindell comes a month after the company launched separate lawsuits against both Powell and Rudy Giuliani for defamation. Much like its lawsuit against the MyPillow CEO, Dominion alleged that both Powell and Giuliani led disinformation campaigns that have destroyed the value of its business. Dominion is seeking $1.3 billion each from Powell and Giuliani in their respective lawsuits.
Dominion isn’t the only voting technology company looking to hold Trumpworld figures accountable for spreading false claims that the tech companies helped “steal” the presidential election from Trump.
Earlier this month, Smartmatic sued Powell, Giuliani and three Fox News hosts by alleging that they conspired to spread disinformation.
Smartmatic’s complaint cited at least 13 reports aired on Fox that falsely stated or implied that the company had rigged the 2020 vote by working with Venezuela’s socialist government. Smartmatic alleged the “disinformation campaign” continued even after then-Attorney General William Barr said the Department of Justice failed to find evidence supporting Trump’s bogus claims of widespread voter fraud.
Smartmatic also alleged that Fox hosts Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro went along with the “well-orchestrated dance” of pushing Trump’s conspiracy due to pressure from newer Trumpian outlets such as Newsmax and One America News (OAN) that threatened to steal away conservative, pro-Trump viewers from Fox.
