My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell ordered to pay $5 million over debunked election claims
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has been ordered to pay $5 million to a software developer who debunked Lindell’s data about the 2020 presidential election.
Lindell promised to pay a $5 million award to anyone who could disprove his data that he claimed proved China interfered in the election to benefit eventual winner Joe Biden over former President Donald Trump. A private arbitrator ordered Lindell to pay the amount to Robert Zeidman, a software expert who successfully disproved Lindell’s claims, The Hill reported.
In 2021, Lindell launched the “Prove Mike Wrong Challenge,” offering the money to anyone who could show his data was faulty. Zeidman entered, submitting data that concluded the data didn’t include information from the 2020 election. Lindell’s team said Zeidman did not win the contest, prompting him to file for arbitration.
Lindell was ordered to pay the amount within 30 days. He blasted the arbitration decision, describing it to The Hill as “horrible.”
“It is all going to end up in court,” he said.