Voting machine company Smartmatic filed a defamation lawsuit against MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell for spreading false conspiracy theories about election fraud involving the company's machines, the latest in a string of defamation suits Smartmatic and rival company Dominion Voting Systems have brought to counter the baseless
The CEO of MyPillow speaks to reporters outside a federal court in Washington.
The Associated Press.
The CEO of Smartmatic was sued for defamation and deceptive trade practices by MyPillow.
Smartmatic alleged that Lindell spread lies about the machines being used to switch votes in the 2020 election because he wanted to be seen as a champion of deceptive messages that still sell.
There was no evidence of widespread fraud with Smartmatic's machines, which were only used in Los Angeles County, California.
Smartmatic claimed that the company's valuation has gone from being "in excess of $ 3.0 billion" before the 2020 election to less than $1 billion now, based on its estimated 2020 sales.
Smartmatic wants an order that would require MyPillow and Lindell to retract their false statements fully and completely.
A request for comment has not been responded to.
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It was like a fox. According to the lawsuit, Mike Lindell knows exactly what he is doing. The judicial system holds people like Mr. Lindell accountable for spreading misinformation that harms others.
Despite the litigation being brought against him, Lindell has refused to back down from his baseless claims of widespread election fraud, and filed a lawsuit in June against the companies of Smartmatic and Dominion, accusing them of "weaponizing the litigation process to silence political dissent and suppress evidence of fraud dell voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit in December and then filed counterclaims in the lawsuit against him.
The key background.
Smartmatic has brought lawsuits against attorneys Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, Newsmax and One America News Network. In February, the CEO and his company were sued by the company for allegedly selling the lie that the machines were the focus of the far-right conspiracy theories. Powell, Giuliani, Fox News, OANN, and several of its anchors have been sued by the company. In August, the motions to dismiss the lawsuits against them failed.
Here are the people who have sued so far.
The CEO of MyPillow was sued by the voting company for defamation.
Voting company Smartmatic is suing Newsmax for defamation over election fraud claims.
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