Court upholds ruling that Mike Lindell must pay expert who debunked election lie $5M prize

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David Edwards
February 21, 2024 2:16PM ET

A federal court has confirmed a $5 million arbitration judgment against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

In a 12-page order released on Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim upheld a ruling that found Lindell must pay $5 million to cybersecurity expert Robert Zeidman, who responded to a contest to prove the pillow executive had not obtained evidence from the 2020 election.

Lindell over to pay the prize to anybody who successfully proved it — and Zeidman did.

Lindell had suggested the evidence showed Democrats rigged the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump.

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[Attilatheblond]

1. Foolish + arrogant + just plain dim pay up, idiot!

He can't sell pillows these days and his pushing of lies is costing him. This is a brain on drugs?

[ProfessorGAC]

3. BKO In 3, 2, 1...

It is highly unlikely he has the cash, at this point.
He was leveraged to the hilt (D/E of >5) before he boarded the crazy train & ran his company into the ground.
He completely destroyed everything he built for himself.

[Justice matters.]

19. He should have "listened" to the flashing warnings in the...

"Everything Trump Touches Dies" book.

But he so craved the attention... too bad, stupid guy wanted to be in the dangerous clown show.

[progressoid]

2. Haven't heard his ads on the radio lately.

Wonder how biz is going for him?

[Marthe48]

6. I noticed his brand in Ollie's last week

They buy overstocks, etc. I sneered and moved on.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

11. I raised a finger in their direction the last time I saw them

The Ollie's by me doesn't have them anymore

[EYESORE 9001]

4. Looks like the pillow guy

let his motor mouth overload his candy ass.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Court upholds ruling that Mike Lindell must pay expert who debunked election lie $5M prize

Lindell made a challenge at one of his events to disprove his proof of voter fraud. A real expert looked at Lindell's crap and was able to prove that this crap was gibberish. Lindell and the expert went to arbitration and the arbitrator ruled that Lindell owed the $5 million. It is almost impossible to overturn an arbitration ruling in court. I have stopped using arbitration in most deals because you cannot appeal or overturn the ruling of an arbitrator absent proof of a real conflict of interest. The arbitration award was just upheld.

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https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-arbitration/

A federal court has confirmed a $5 million arbitration judgment against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

In a 12-page order released on Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim upheld a ruling that found Lindell must pay $5 million to cybersecurity expert Robert Zeidman, who responded to a contest to prove the pillow executive had not obtained evidence from the 2020 election....

Last year, an arbitration panel ordered Lindell to pay Zeidman $5 million. Zeidman asked the federal courts to confirm the decision, while Lindell requested that it be overturned.

"A court's review of an arbitration award is very limited," Judge Tunheim explained in Wednesday's order. "Where parties agree to arbitrate, a court cannot substitute a judicial determination for the arbitrator's decision."

"The Court is not at liberty to review the outcome of an arbitration award simply because one party believes it to be incorrect," he continued. "Retrial of the issues is not within the purview of the Court."

[republianmushroom]

7. Get out the old check book, Mike.

[COL Mustard]

29. Wonder if the rubes will

Contribute to a GoFundMe account for him?

Wouldn’t surprise me.

[TSExile]

8. Serves him right!!

[SergeStorms]

9. A great day for Robert Zeidman....

and Americans who believe the TRUTH, and not lies pulled from thin air.

Pay up, pillow man. You're going to be doing a lot of paying up in the future. You'd better come up with another shitty gimmick for the MAGAts to buy in a hurry!

[Oopsie Daisy]

10. I doubt he'll ever receive the reward. Lindell is as bad as Trump in that regard *

* liar, cheat, freeloader, debtor, defaulter, bankrupt-filer, whiner, complainer.

There's a Mike Lindell impersonator who does skits on Jimmy Kimmel's show... he's very good.

[Takket]

12. pay up, deadbeat!!!!!!!

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

13. Moose. Rocco. Help Mr. Pillow find his checkbook, will ya?

I betcha he files Chap 11 by Tax Day. His odious PornStache' hasn't besoiled my tv in two months or so. That 5 mill might be what sends Mikey back to Rock hunting.

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[Onthefly]

14. Glad to hear it. Desperate Mike...

Asks TFG if he could pedal the golden sneakers. tRump answered, “I’ll sleep on it.”

What else could Mike sell?

[Oopsie Daisy]

15. That's hysterical! I love it!!!

[bluesbassman]

16. My Dad taught me to never write checks with my mouth that my ass couldn't cash.

Looks like 'ol Mike never got that lesson. One of life's small pleasures is watching that schmuck's life circling down the drain and all by his own hand.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Lindell got drunk on his own koolade and made an expensive offer he regrets. . . . nt

[JoseBalow]

18. Backfired like the Texas Lt. Gov who paid for proof of fraud

A week after the 2020 election, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced that he was offering up to $1 million – paid from his campaign account – “to incentivize, encourage and reward people to come forward and report voter fraud.”

Nearly a year later, Patrick, a Republican, has paid out his first reward: $25,000 to a Democrat in Pennsylvania, who reported a man for voting twice.

Eric Frank, a poll worker, received the money earlier this month for his part in reporting Ralph Holloway Thurman, a Republican who after voting once, attempted to vote a second time as his son, as first reported by the Dallas Morning News.

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“It was just ironic – it’s my opinion that (Patrick) put up, they put out this bounty to try to find Democrats committing voter fraud. And in fact, it was the complete opposite of what their intentions were,” Frank said.

Neither Patrick’s office nor campaign responded to multiple requests for comment.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/22/politics/texas-voter-fraud-award/index.html

[sarchasm]

24. oh man ... schadenfreude is so much better with irony

[twodogsbarking]

20. I wondered where Mike has been Don't see him hiding in people's barhrooms any more.

[lindysalsagal]

21. The courts are holding. Cannon's next.

[70sEraVet]

22. Zeidman may have to take his payment ....

in unsold pillows.

[Celerity]

30. or

[sarchasm]

23. FAFO ... nt

[Wonder Why]

25. Pay it in real pillows or your alt-Amazon company stock, Mike!😂

[dupagelib]

26. Pillow Talk

This is what you get for "foaming" at the mouth.

[Chainfire]

27. Republicans have presidential immunity from paying their bills. ;)

[NBachers]

28. Joe the Plumber had his days of glory, and then he crashed & burned. Joe died of natural causes last year.

Nobody cared.

This is where you’re headed, Mikey.

[the_sly_pig]

31. Haaaaaaahahahahahahahahaaaaa

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

32. He'll be a trivia question in 10 years and no one will get the answer right