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Dominion has made good on their warning.

Last month, Dominion Voting Systems, the manufacturer of multiple electronic voting machines used in the 2020 election, issued a formal warning to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. Lindell had been repeating and spreading numerous conspiracy theories about Dominion, alleging that they had somehow tampered with the Presidential election. Dominion warned Lindell that if he did not retract these statements, they would have no choice but to take legal action. A month later, Lindell has not retracted his statements, and so Dominion has made to follow through on their threat.


Today, Dominion Voting Systems filed a lawsuit against Lindell on the grounds of spreading false information about their business as a means of enriching his own business dealings. The suit has been filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., and Dominion is seeking damages of at least $1.3 billion.

“Lindell — a talented salesman and former professional card counter — sells the lie to this day because the lie sells pillows. MyPillow’s defamatory marketing campaign — with promo codes like ‘FightforTrump,’ ’45,’ ‘Proof,’ and ‘QAnon’—has increased MyPillow sales by 30-40% and continues duping people into redirecting their election-lie outrage into pillow purchases,” Dominion’s complaint reads.

When asked about his feelings on the lawsuit by The Wall Street Journal, Lindell seemed to be optimistic. “I have all the evidence on them,” he said. “Now this will get disclosed faster, all the machine fraud and the attack on our country.”

Lindell has had his business and public profile significantly reduced in the last several months due to his repeated claims of fraud and conspiracy. In addition to Dominion’s warning, he was permanently suspended from Twitter for violating the site’s Civil Integrity Policy, and numerous retailers stopped stocking MyPillow products.