Mike Lindell Loses Another Lawyer
MyPillow Guy CEO Mike Lindell arrives at gathering of supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump near Trump's residence at the Mar-a-Lago Club on April 4, 2023 in West Palm Florida. The MyPillow CEO no longer has legal representation in one of his cases.
Mike Lindell has lost an attorney in one of his legal cases related to his unproved claims of voter fraud.
The MyPillow CEO is appealing a February decision by a U.S. District Court to uphold a $5 million ruling against him over his claims that the 2020 election was stolen via widespread voter fraud.
In April 2023, an arbitration panel ordered Lindell, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, to pay $5 million to computer forensics expert Robert Zeidman, who debunked Lindell's data about the 2020 presidential election. The panel's decision stemmed from a 2021 symposium in which Lindell claimed he possessed data that proved Chinese interference affected the results of the 2020 election. He also offered $5 million to anyone who could prove his data did not correspond with the election.
In March, two of Lindell's attorneys, Andrew Parker and Alec Beck of the firm Parker Daniels Kibort, notified the court they would no longer represent him in the appeal, court documents show.
As of June 4, a court filing shows, a third attorney representing Lindell in the matter told the court he was also dropping the case.
"Counsel for Respondent has notified the Court by email that he can no longer serve as lead counsel for Respondent," Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster wrote.
The filing did not name the attorney who is leaving the case, but other court documents show that Lindell is represented by Douglas Wardlow of Lindell Management and Thomas Miller.
Newsweek has contacted Lindell and Miller for comment by email outside normal business hours.
Lindell also faces defamation cases brought by two voting machine manufacturers—Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic—and Eric Coomer, a former Dominion employee. The manufacturers have said Lindell's unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump significantly damaged their reputations. Claims of electoral fraud have been repeatedly rejected in court and by independent election experts.
Lindell has also faced financial consequences over his claims and subsequent legal cases. He said he spent $40 million on failed legal efforts to overturn the election results, leaving him with financial woes as some retailers have stopped carrying his pillow brand.
He has been raising money to pay his legal bills via the Lindell Offense Fund, which he also uses to pay for $500 wireless monitoring devices he says are designed to detect whether voting machines are connected to the internet. Their legitimacy has been disputed.
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