Mike Lindell — seemingly forever lost in the throes of ludicrous nonsense — has been sued for defamation again in connection to his lies about the integrity of the 2020 presidential election. This time, the litigation is from former Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer, who was the subject of conspiracy theories apparently originating with conservative commentator Joe Oltmann, who claimed to have been on a conference call where Coomer spoke of participating in manipulations of the 2020 election. At no point has there been any real-world evidence that the presidential election was in any way rigged for Joe Biden. No court has ever accepted the idea, and officials in every single state have attested to the integrity of the results in their respective jurisdictions. Federal officials have also consistently shot down Trump’s election fraud nonsense.
454 days ago insurrectionists ransacked the US Capitol and *hours later* 138-of-202 (68%) House republicans voted to make trump a dictator. They tried to finish the rioters’ job and end democracy. Never forget it.
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@BillPascrell) April 6, 2022
The lawsuit from Coomer says that Lindell, who heads MyPillow, went after the plaintiff as part of his overarching attempt “to undermine faith in American democracy and enrich himself in the process.” Coomer, it’s worth noting, already sued Oltmann. His new Colorado lawsuit targeting Lindell reads in part as follows:
‘Dr. Coomer has had an onslaught of harassment and credible death threats issued against him; he is at risk in his home or in going to work; his presence puts his family, friends, colleagues, and his community in danger… The results of the Defendants’ ongoing conduct are foreseeable and obscene. This conduct is so outrageous in character and extreme in degree as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency. It should be regarded as atrocious and determined intolerable in a civilized community.’
If we fail to cite Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr. for contempt, we weaken the institution of the House of Representatives, not just today, but a month from now, a year from now, and going forward.
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) April 5, 2022
Lindell has also faced defamation lawsuits from Coomer’s former employer Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic; both of the companies, which deal in elections technology, have been the subject of pro-Trump conspiracy theories about what went on in the last election. Referring to a particular presentation of supposed evidence of fraud, Dominion attorney Megan Meier remarked as follows around the time of the filing of that company’s lawsuit against Lindell: “Mr. Lindell advertised ‘absolute proof,’ but he delivered absolute nonsense and fake documents sourced from the dark corners of the internet. The cartoonish evidence that he offered in his video cannot be reconciled with any level of logic or truth. It would be easy to rack this up as a piece of fiction that is not worth any response—but unfortunately, countless people actually believed it and sent MyPillow some of their hard-earned money as a result. Mike Lindell needs to be held accountable for defaming Dominion and undermining the integrity of our electoral system all the while profiting from it.”
The Rules Committee just advanced our resolution recommending that Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr. be held in contempt of Congress.
Next stop➡️House floor for a vote
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) April 4, 2022
