Judge Orders MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to Pay $5 Million to Man Who Proved His 2020 Election Lies Wrong

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A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell still has to pay the man who debunked his 2020 election lies.

This was the latest development in the saga of Lindell’s “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge, which he issued back in 2021 and promised $5 million to anyone who could prove that data pointing to election fraud was not related to the 2020 election and was a product of Chinese election interference.

Robert Zeidman, a computer forensics expert from Nevada (who voted for former President Donald Trump twice), heeded the call and did, indeed, prove Mike wrong. But when he submitted his findings to Lindell, he never got his reward, and Lindell Management denied his request to collect it.

That led to last spring’s arbitration panel, which also decided that Lindell had to pay Zeidman the reward that he soundly earned. (That arbitration panel was actually in the fine print of the “Prove Mike Wrong” contest.) After that decision, Lindell vowed to take the case to court, which resulted in Wednesday’s ruling.

In depositions related to the case, Lindell indicated that he never thought he would have to pay.

Lindell also claimed that he was “broke” after being “canceled” for spreading election lies. (Though he was also “canceled” by Fox News for being broke.) Lindell was one of many parties sued for defamation related to the 2020 election by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic.