A judge ruled against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Thursday and ordered him to pay the $5 million prize to the winner of his challenge to disprove his 2020 election fraud claims.
U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim upheld the previous ruling from a private arbitration panel last April that found computer and software expert Robert Zeidman succeeded in rejecting his data related to 2020 election fraud claims. Lindell has long repeated former President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen.”
Zeidman found the data provided by Lindell for his “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge was not from the 2020 election, which was confirmed by the panel and Tunheim. The winner of the challenge was promised $5 million, but Lindell has fought it in court instead of paying Zeidman. Tunheim gave Lindell 30 days to pay
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