# Mike Lindell's company told to pay $5 million in "Prove Mike Wrong" challenge **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 20, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994 "2023-04-20T23:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/121 "2025-07-11T01:03:59Z")
So much Winning. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/122 "2025-07-11T01:14:12Z")
Note that these two lawyers are representing him in the defamation suit brought against him by a fellow who works in the Dominion voting machine company, and successfully sued Lindell for $2.3 million. I don’t know if those lawyers are also representing him in the arbitration claim that is the topic of this thread, where he’s been held liable for $5 million over his “prove me wrong” claim about packets. It’s important to keep the litigation scorecards clear. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/123 "2025-07-11T01:25:46Z")
Did the Dominion or Smartmatic companies sue Mike Lindell? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/124 "2025-07-11T01:29:24Z")
If they did, I don’t remember. My recollection is that in the defamation case, Lindell said enough about the guy to identify him. He got doxxed, stalked, and threatened at his home, to the point where he went into hiding. He says his career has been ruined because voting machine companies won’t hire him any more because of the adverse publicity. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/125 "2025-07-11T01:31:06Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And now, his lawyers have been fined for using AI-generated court filings. Not that the AI could hallucinate quite like Mike can, but how appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/126 "2025-07-11T01:36:35Z")
Wiki article on Lindell says he’s been sued by both Dominion and Smartmatic. Those lawsuits are pending. Lindell counter sued for over a billion. Court dismissed those claims as meritless. The lawyer who filed the claims for Lindell apparently had to leave the law firm, for acting without approval by the firm. The individual who sued him was successful in à jury trial just last month. > **[Mike Lindell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lindell)** > > Michael James Lindell (/lɪnˈdɛl/ lin-DEL; born June 28, 1961), also known as the My Pillow Guy and Mike Pillow, is an American businessman, political activist, and conspiracy theorist. He is the founder and CEO of My Pillow, a pillow, bedding, and slipper manufacturing company. > Lindell is a prominent supporter of and advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. After Trump's defeat in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Lindell played a significant role in supporting and financing Trump's attemp... > **[Jury finds MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed a former Dominion Voting...](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mike-lindell-eric-coomer-former-dominion-voting-systems-employee-defamation/)** > > Eric Coomer sued after Mike Lindell called him a traitor and accusations about him stealing the election were streamed on Lindell's online media platform. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/127 "2025-07-11T01:43:13Z")
Honestly, I’m amazed that he was as successful as he once was selling pillows. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/128 "2025-07-11T01:49:09Z")
It is a mystery. Here’s an NPR article from 2020 about Coomer. > [@](#): > > “I actually am in fear for my safety," Coomer said recently, speaking by video call from an undisclosed location [to Colorado Public Radio](https://www.cpr.org/2020/12/21/election-conspiracy-theorists-focused-on-one-man-in-colorado-his-life-will-never-be-the-same-again/). “I’m in fear for my family’s safety. These are real, tangible things coming out of these baseless accusations.” > … > Coomer said in addition to his own information, the personal addresses of everyone from his parents and siblings to his ex-girlfriends have been posted online. Some have also received threatening letters. > > “I’ve been threatened more times than I could even count. Whether it’s the standard online trolls, voicemails that are left almost on a daily basis, being called a traitor to this country, I can’t even begin to describe what effect this has had on my life,” he said. [https://www.npr.org/2020/12/23/948828692/the-toll-of-conspiracy-theories-a-voting-security-expert-lives-in-hiding](https://www.npr.org/2020/12/23/948828692/the-toll-of-conspiracy-theories-a-voting-security-expert-lives-in-hiding) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/129 "2025-07-11T01:50:08Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Honestly, I’m amazed that he was as successful as he once was selling pillows. Whatever else, he’s a master of the soft sell, and of getting people to make down payments. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/130 "2025-07-11T01:53:04Z")
Mr Coomer could join a support group with the parents of the first graders murdered at Sandy Hook, some of whom also have to live in hiding. Neither of whom did anything wrong to deserve the harassment. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/131 "2025-07-11T02:02:58Z")
I sorta liked “harasy”. Combination of harassment and heresy. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/132 "2025-07-11T03:20:55Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > he’s a master of the soft sell, and of getting people to make down payments. [snort] ISWYDT ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994/133 "2025-07-11T12:43:16Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Whatever else, he’s a master of the soft sell, and of getting people to make down payments. You very very bad man. (Seinfeld reference) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-lindells-company-told-to-pay-5-million-in-prove-mike-wrong-challenge/982994.md?page=6)