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

May 20, 2022, 4:44 PM UTC

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 Dominion Voting Systems Inc. and Smartmatic Corp., which were falsely placed at the center of a vast conspiracy theory after the election.

Mike Lindell
Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg

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

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