During an interview on Steve Bannon’s podcast on Saturday, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell doubled down on his attacks on Dominion Voting Systems claiming without evidence that their case against him in a $1.3 billion lawsuit is “coming apart at the seams”.”
Lindell sat down with the former Donald Trump adviser where he claimed to have voting machines that he is investigating in his efforts to prove the company participated in voter fraud to keep Trump from being re-elected.
I want to say this, I’ll give Dominion [Voting Systems] a little scare this morning. Dominion, we have machines now, I do. I have machines, we have ES&S [Election Systems & Software] machines, we got them all and we’re going to being putting out so much information over the next couple of weeks,” the controversial Trump defender said, prompting legal experts to question his legal strategy.
Dominion is suing Lindell for $1.3 billion for defaming the company with his conspiracy theories that Trump won the election. The company has reportedly been building a “legal armada” for the lawsuit.
Lincoln Project senior advisor Jeff Timmer offered his analysis of where the case is headed.
“Lindell is doing his best to ensure Dominion’s lawsuit against him will be the first civil case ever to result in the death penalty,” he joked.
Former Southern District of New York prosecutor Richard Signorelli offered his own analysis.
“Lindell may be the first civil defendant to be able to successfully assert an insanity defense,” he said.
Of course, an insanity defense is not allowed in a civil trial, which also can not result in a death penalty. But the jokes highlight how some are viewing Lindell choosing to continue to push the “Big Lie” of election fraud that incited the January 6th insurrection and resulted in Trump’s second impeachment.
Lindell may be the first civil defendant to be able to successfully assert an insanity defense. https://t.co/3vYtXSy0t7
— Richard Signorelli (@richsignorelli) May 9, 2021
