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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Lindell_2023_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Mike_Lindell_2023_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/220px-Mike_Lindell_2023_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Mike_Lindell_2023_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/330px-Mike_Lindell_2023_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Mike_Lindell_2023_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/440px-Mike_Lindell_2023_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3205" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Lindell in 2023</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Michael James Lindell</div> (1961-06-28) June 28, 1961 (age 63)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Founder and CEO of <a href="/wiki/My_Pillow" title="My Pillow">My Pillow</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://michaeljlindell.com">michaeljlindell.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Michael James Lindell (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/lɪnˈdɛl/</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">lin-DEL</a>;<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> born June 28, 1961),<a href="#cite_note-crump-5">[5]</a> also known as the My Pillow Guy, and Mike Pillow<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> is an American businessman, political activist, and <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy theorist</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LindellCNBC-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-Breuninger-11">[11]</a> He is the founder and CEO of <a href="/wiki/My_Pillow" title="My Pillow">My Pillow</a>, a pillow, bedding, and slipper manufacturing company.<a href="#cite_note-LindellBloomberg-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-LindellCNBC-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Lindell is a prominent supporter of and advisor to former U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>. After Trump's defeat in the <a href="/wiki/2020_U.S._presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 U.S. presidential election">2020 U.S. presidential election</a>, Lindell played a significant role in supporting and financing Trump's <a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">attempts to overturn the election result</a>, and spread disproven conspiracy theories about widespread electoral fraud in that election.<a href="#cite_note-Breuninger-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-Benveniste-14">[14]</a> He has also promoted unproven medical treatments for <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div> Lindell was born on June 28, 1961, in <a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato, Minnesota</a>.<a href="#cite_note-crump-5">[5]</a> He was raised in <a href="/wiki/Chaska,_Minnesota" title="Chaska, Minnesota">Chaska</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carver,_Minnesota" title="Carver, Minnesota">Carver, Minnesota</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LindellCNBC-8">[8]</a> Lindell's <a href="/wiki/Problem_gambling" title="Problem gambling">gambling addiction</a> began to emerge in his teenage years.<a href="#cite_note-:2-15">[15]</a> He attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> after high school,[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">when?</a>] but dropped out a few months into his studies.<a href="#cite_note-StarTribuneSep2018-16">[16]</a> Lindell became addicted to and a frequent user of <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> in his 20s. This addiction became worse after he switched to <a href="/wiki/Crack_cocaine" title="Crack cocaine">crack cocaine</a> in the 1990s.<a href="#cite_note-:2-15">[15]</a> Lindell was also incurring gambling debts. The buildup of his addictions between the 1980s and 1990s led to the <a href="/wiki/Foreclosure" title="Foreclosure">foreclosure</a> of his house and his wife filing for divorce. Lindell stated that he achieved <a href="/wiki/Sobriety" title="Sobriety">sobriety</a> through <a href="/wiki/Prayer" title="Prayer">prayer</a> in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-LindellCNBC-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-LindellSalvationArmy-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> In the 1980s, Lindell launched and operated a number of small businesses, including carpet cleaning, <a href="/wiki/Lunch_wagon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunch wagon">lunch wagons</a>, and a few bars and restaurants in <a href="/wiki/Carver_County,_Minnesota" title="Carver County, Minnesota">Carver County, Minnesota</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LindellBloomberg-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-LindellCNBC-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="My_Pillow">My Pillow</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/My_Pillow" title="My Pillow">My Pillow</a></div> Lindell invented My Pillow, a pillow filled with pieces of shredded foam that interlock, in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Lindell grew the business into a Minnesota manufacturing company.<a href="#cite_note-StarTribuneSep2018-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Better_Business_Bureau" title="Better Business Bureau">Better Business Bureau</a> (BBB) revoked accreditation of My Pillow in 2017, lowering its rating to an F based on a pattern of complaints by consumers. The BBB cited a <a href="/wiki/Buy_one,_get_one_free" title="Buy one, get one free">buy one, get one free</a> offer that became a continuous offer and therefore the normal price of the product, not a sale price or free offer.<a href="#cite_note-revokes-21">[21]</a> Lindell said, "Naturally, I am terribly disappointed by the BBB's decision."<a href="#cite_note-revokes-21">[21]</a> Lindell named his son Darren as the company's chief operating officer in 2020, citing his own possible future political ambitions.<a href="#cite_note-PoliticoMarchMarch2020-22">[22]</a> Some major retailers stopped carrying My Pillow products in 2021. Lindell suggested this was a result of his claims relating to the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 United States presidential election</a> results, although outlets like <a href="/wiki/Kohl%27s" title="Kohl's">Kohl's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bed_Bath_%26_Beyond_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.">Bed Bath & Beyond</a> have said it was due to market research and low customer demand.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> In July 2023, MyPillow had auctioned off equipment and subleased some of their manufacturing space after more retailers, including <a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slumberland_Furniture" title="Slumberland Furniture">Slumberland Furniture</a>, stopped retailing My Pillow products.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Frank">Frank</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Frank</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type of business</th><td class="infobox-data category">Private</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Video_streaming" class="mw-redirect" title="Video streaming">Video streaming</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mike Lindell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://frankspeech.com/">frankspeech.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Lindell operates two web sites under the Frank brand: Frank (sometimes called FrankSpeech), focused on video streaming, and the social network FrankSocial. Lindell detailed plans for Vocl, an <a href="/wiki/Alt-tech" title="Alt-tech">alt-tech</a> <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> platform that he had been developing for several months, in March 2021. He described the site as a cross between YouTube and Twitter that would be different from <a href="/wiki/Gab_(social_network)" title="Gab (social network)">Gab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parler" title="Parler">Parler</a>. A dispute from a company that owned a web site called Vocal led Lindell to rename his site Frank.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Frank launched on the domain frankspeech.com on April 19, 2021, experiencing many technical issues, which Lindell ascribed to a "massive attack".<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Frank has no social networking features<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> and primarily offers embedded video streams, including Absolute Interference, a two-hour video promoting <a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-independent-2021-04-22-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Lindell has said he has spent millions of dollars developing Frank.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> According to invoices published by a <a href="/wiki/Salon.com" title="Salon.com">Salon</a> writer, obtained from a leaked video conference with Lindell's IT team, Lindell spent about $936,000 on hardware, labor, and services to launch Frank.<a href="#cite_note-newsweek-2021-05-03-33">[33]</a> Jared Holt, an extremism and far-right media researcher at the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Council" title="Atlantic Council">Atlantic Council's</a> Digital Forensic Research Lab, opined that Lindell was "being had by the people around him.... All the various products and ventures Lindell has going on, whether it's a pseudo-documentary film or a social media platform, are very expensive endeavors. Someone is taking Lindell's money from him to produce this stuff."<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Lindell told Insider in March 2022 that he was spending over $1 million per month on Frank.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> FrankSpeech went public through a merger with a holding company two years later.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> FrankSocial, a social networking site hosted on a different domain, became available in April 2022. A reporter for Insider described FrankSocial as reminiscent of Facebook's design in 2012, with a basic news feed and no messaging function. Lindell had 308 followers there as of April 21, 2022, more than any other user.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2></div> During the early days of My Pillow, Lindell made donations to the <a href="/wiki/Salvation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvation Army">Salvation Army</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Union_Gospel_Mission" title="Union Gospel Mission">Union Gospel Mission</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Lindell founded the Lindell Foundation, a non-profit organization that assists former addicts in getting treatment and other services. The foundation broadened over time, including cancer victims and veterans in their outreach.<a href="#cite_note-NRB-40">[40]</a> In 2019, Lindell launched the Lindell Recovery Network, which connects addicts with others who have gone through drug addiction and the recovery process, as well as faith-based treatment centers and other recovery organizations.<a href="#cite_note-NRB-40">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_activities">Political activities</h2></div> Lindell met with Republican presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a><a href="#cite_note-LindellCNBC-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-LindellBizJournal-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-LindellFoxNews-42">[42]</a> in August 2016 and became an avid supporter. He called Trump "the most amazing president this country has ever seen in history" after his <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 election</a> victory.<a href="#cite_note-LindellRally-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> In a speech at <a href="/wiki/Liberty_University" title="Liberty University">Liberty University</a> in August 2019, Lindell said, "When I met with Donald Trump, it felt like a divine appointment, and when I walked out of that office I decided I was going to go all in."<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> Lindell attended the final <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2016 United States presidential debates">presidential debate</a> in Las Vegas on October 19, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> He spoke at a Trump campaign rally in Minneapolis on November 6, 2016, and attended the Official Donald Watch Party on November 8. He attended <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump" title="First inauguration of Donald Trump">Trump's inauguration</a> and Trump gave him an inauguration lapel pin as a personal gift.<a href="#cite_note-LindellRally-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-LindellBizJournal-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Lindell sat next to Trump at an industry roundtable event at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-LindellCNBC-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-LindellFoxNews-42">[42]</a> Trump complimented Lindell for his "business acumen" at a rally in <a href="/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota" title="Fargo, North Dakota">Fargo, North Dakota</a> on June 27, 2018.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Lindell spoke at a Trump rally on October 4, 2018, in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester, Minnesota</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Lindell delivered a speech at the <a href="/wiki/2019_Conservative_Political_Action_Conference" title="2019 Conservative Political Action Conference">2019 Conservative Political Action Conference</a>, in which he said that Trump was "the greatest president in history"<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> and had been "chosen by God".<a href="#cite_note-PoliticoMarchMarch2020-22">[22]</a> Lindell met with Trump and a Trump staffer to discuss opioid addiction in 2019. Lindell was present when Trump signed a bipartisan bill that addressed the growing <a href="/wiki/Opioid_epidemic" title="Opioid epidemic">opioid crisis</a> and attempted to prevent opioid abuse and deadly overdoses.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> In a March 2020 appearance on <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>, Lindell said that his company's bedding factories had been refocused on <a href="/wiki/Face_masks_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic">face mask</a> production at the behest of the Trump administration. Later that month, Lindell appeared with Trump at a White House <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">coronavirus</a> press conference, at which Lindell praised Trump: "God gave us grace on November 8, 2016, to change the course we were on. God had been taken out of our schools and lives, a nation had turned its back on God. I encourage you to use this time at home to get back in the word. Read our Bible and spend time with our families."<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Lindell had considered <a href="/wiki/2022_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election">running for governor of Minnesota in 2022</a> against Democratic incumbent <a href="/wiki/Tim_Walz" title="Tim Walz">Tim Walz</a>,<a href="#cite_note-PoliticoMarchMarch2020-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-GOPFuture-57">[57]</a> reportedly at Trump's urging.<a href="#cite_note-PoliticoMarchMarch2020-22">[22]</a> He attended a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Governors_Association" title="Republican Governors Association">Republican Governors Association</a> meeting, at which he was encouraged to run.<a href="#cite_note-PoliticoMarchMarch2020-22">[22]</a> He became the campaign chair for <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign">Trump's reelection campaign</a> in Minnesota in May 2020.<a href="#cite_note-GOPFuture-57">[57]</a> Lindell said he was "99% sure" about running for Minnesota governor in July 2020 but ultimately neither ran<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> nor provided an explanation (though he had previously said his decision would depend on the results of the 2020 presidential election and "if we flip Minnesota red").<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> In November 2020, Lindell was among those who contributed toward paying the bail of the <a href="/wiki/Kenosha_unrest_shooting#Rittenhouse_criminal_trial" title="Kenosha unrest shooting">Kenosha shooter</a> <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Rittenhouse" title="Kyle Rittenhouse">Kyle Rittenhouse</a>.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Lindell later stated that he had donated to "The Fight Back Foundation Inc. to help fund election fraud litigation, among other things" and that reports that he had paid $50,000 for Rittenhouse's bail were "fake news".<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In April 2022, Lindell's mention of his donating as much as $800,000 to a legal defense fund for <a href="/wiki/Tina_Peters_(politician)" title="Tina Peters (politician)">Tina Peters</a>, then a Republican <a href="/wiki/2022_Colorado_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2022 Colorado Secretary of State election">candidate for Colorado Secretary of State</a>, raised questions as such a donation would violate Colorado state law;<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> the state's ethics commission investigated the fund after a complaint about a lack of donor transparency.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Lindell rejoined Twitter in May 2022, circumventing a Twitter ban on his former account. Hours after rejoining, however, Twitter terminated Lindell's newest account for <a href="/wiki/Block_(Internet)" title="Block (Internet)">ban evasion</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Lindell announced that he was <a href="/wiki/2023_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2023 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">running for Chair of the Republican National Committee</a> in November 2022.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> On January 27, 2023, he lost after receiving four of the 167 votes cast.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Promotion_of_unproven_medical_treatments">Promotion of unproven medical treatments</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation" title="COVID-19 misinformation">COVID-19 misinformation</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_unproven_methods_against_COVID-19" title="List of unproven methods against COVID-19">List of unproven methods against COVID-19</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Lindell_(50755882433)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mike_Lindell_%2850755882433%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Mike_Lindell_%2850755882433%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mike_Lindell_%2850755882433%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Mike_Lindell_%2850755882433%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mike_Lindell_%2850755882433%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Mike_Lindell_%2850755882433%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2152" data-file-height="2871" /></a><figcaption>Lindell in December 2020</figcaption></figure> In 2020, Lindell promoted the use of <a href="/wiki/Oleandrin" title="Oleandrin">oleandrin</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cardiotoxicity" title="Cardiotoxicity">cardiotoxic</a> substance produced by <a href="/wiki/Nerium" title="Nerium">oleanders</a>, as a treatment for <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a>, including arranging a pitch meeting between then-President Donald Trump and Andrew Whitney, a fellow board member of biopharmaceuticals company Phoenix Biotechnology (in which Lindell has a financial stake). Lindell claimed that oleandrin was shown to be safe in a study when, in reality, there is no scientific evidence that oleandrin is a safe or effective <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_drug_development" title="COVID-19 drug development">coronavirus treatment</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attempts_to_overturn_2020_presidential_election">Attempts to overturn 2020 presidential election</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dominion_Voting_Systems_v._Fox_News_Network" title="Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network">Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network</a></div> After Trump's defeat in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, Lindell played a significant role in supporting and financing Trump's <a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">attempts to overturn the election result</a>.<a href="#cite_note-tanfani-72">[72]</a> Lindell helped sponsor a bus tour that sought to challenge the election results. The two-week tour ended in Washington, D.C., on December 14, 2020; Lindell spoke at five stops. Lindell said that "he did not help finance subsequent trips to promote the Jan. 6 rally," referring to the rally that was followed by the <a href="/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 storming of the United States Capitol">storming of the U.S. Capitol</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Pro-Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-Trump">pro-Trump</a> mob. Lindell attended this rally but did not go to the Capitol.<a href="#cite_note-tanfani-72">[72]</a> Following the Capitol storming, Lindell was among those who advanced the false <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy theory</a> that people associated with <a href="/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)" title="Antifa (United States)">antifa</a> were responsible for the attack, saying they had probably "dressed as Trump people".<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> On January 15, 2021, Lindell carried a document into the <a href="/wiki/West_Wing" title="West Wing">West Wing</a> of the White House; the document, as seen in an enhanced photo, appeared to refer to <a href="/wiki/Martial_law" title="Martial law">martial law</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Insurrection_Act_of_1807" title="Insurrection Act of 1807">Insurrection Act</a>, and replacing <a href="/wiki/Gina_Haspel" title="Gina Haspel">Gina Haspel</a> with Trump loyalist <a href="/wiki/Kash_Patel" title="Kash Patel">Kash Patel</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Director of the Central Intelligence Agency">CIA director</a>.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Lindell promoted <a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election#Stop_the_Steal" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">a conspiracy theory</a> which falsely claimed that voting machine companies <a href="/wiki/Smartmatic" title="Smartmatic">Smartmatic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dominion_Voting_Systems" title="Dominion Voting Systems">Dominion</a> conspired with foreign powers to rig voting machines to steal the election from Trump. In January and February 2021, Dominion warned Lindell that they planned to sue him, stating in their letter: "You have positioned yourself as a prominent leader of the ongoing misinformation campaign." (Both Smartmatic and Dominion sent similar letters to others as well.)<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-Benveniste-14">[14]</a> After <a href="/wiki/Newsmax" title="Newsmax">Newsmax</a> had broadcast a "clarification" of its false reporting on voting machine fraud in response to a <a href="/wiki/Demand_letter" title="Demand letter">demand letter</a> from Dominion, followed by a defamation suit from a company executive,<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> Lindell appeared on the network on February 2, 2021, in an interview to discuss <a href="/wiki/Cancel_culture" title="Cancel culture">cancel culture</a> but pivoted to repeating the false claims about rigged voting machines. Network anchor <a href="/wiki/Bob_Sellers" title="Bob Sellers">Bob Sellers</a> tried to stop Lindell from making his claims; Sellers then read a disclaimer before walking off the set mid-interview.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> On January 25, 2021, <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="/wiki/Twitter_suspensions" title="Twitter suspensions">permanently banned</a> Lindell for perpetuating the unsubstantiated claim that Trump won the 2020 election. A Twitter spokesperson explained that Lindell violated the company's civic integrity policy implemented in September 2020 to fight disinformation.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> After his personal account was banned, Lindell circumvented the ban by using the corporate My Pillow Twitter account to issue several tweets, including a call for Twitter CEO <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dorsey" title="Jack Dorsey">Jack Dorsey</a> to "be found out" and "put in prison when all is revealed!" Following the tweets, Twitter permanently banned the My Pillow account for violating the platform's <a href="/wiki/Ban_evasion" class="mw-redirect" title="Ban evasion">ban evasion</a> policy.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> Lindell purchased three hours of airtime on <a href="/wiki/One_America_News_Network" title="One America News Network">One America News Network</a>, which had also been threatened with legal action, to broadcast <a href="/wiki/Absolute_Proof" title="Absolute Proof">Absolute Proof</a>, a documentary that makes false claims about the election, on February 5, 2021. OANN broadcast a lengthy disclaimer before the program saying the claims were Lindell's alone but that the 2020 election results "remain disputed and questioned by millions of Americans".<a href="#cite_note-Benveniste-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> YouTube removed the documentary that day for violating its policy against election disinformation.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> At the <a href="/wiki/41st_Golden_Raspberry_Awards" title="41st Golden Raspberry Awards">41st Golden Raspberry Awards</a>, which gives awards to the films judged the worst, Absolute Proof won the Golden Raspberry Awards for <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Picture" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture">Worst Picture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Actor" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor">Worst Actor</a> for Lindell.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> On April 20, 2021, Lindell published a second documentary titled Absolute Interference, which also promoted debunked conspiracy theories about the election and criticized the news media and <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-independent-2021-04-22-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Dominion sent <a href="/wiki/Cease_and_desist" title="Cease and desist">cease-and-desist</a> letters to Lindell in December 2020 and January 2021 and asked him to retract his false claims about the company.<a href="#cite_note-Feb16Pleasesue-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-Suebsaeng-91">[91]</a> After Lindell refused (saying "sue me"),<a href="#cite_note-Feb16Pleasesue-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-Suebsaeng-91">[91]</a> Dominion filed suit for defamation on February 22, 2021, naming both Lindell and My Pillow as defendants and seeking US$1.3 billion in <a href="/wiki/Damages" title="Damages">damages</a>. In its complaint, Dominion alleged that Lindell and My Pillow used "defamatory marketing campaign—with promo codes like 'FightforTrump,' '45,' 'Proof,' and 'QAnon'—[which have] increased My Pillow sales by 30–40% and [continued] duping people into redirecting their election-lie outrage into pillow purchases"; Dominion further stated its intent was to "stop Lindell and My Pillow from further profiting at Dominion's expense".<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> On August 11, a federal court judge ruled that Dominion's defamation lawsuit against Lindell and My Pillow could proceed, noting that Dominion has "adequately alleged" that Lindell's accusations against the company were either knowingly false or made with "reckless disregard for the truth".<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> In January 2022, Smartmatic sued Lindell for defamation and sought unspecified damages and legal fees; his false claims had reduced the company's value from more than $3 billion before the 2020 election to less than $1 billion.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> In March 2021, Lindell said on <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bannon" title="Steve Bannon">Steve Bannon's</a> War Room: Pandemic podcast that he would counter-sue Dominion in cases for himself and My Pillow, accusing Dominion of racketeering and election interference.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> On April 19, 2021, Lindell announced that My Pillow had filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Dominion, arguing that Dominion had defamed the company. Stephen Shackelford, legal counsel for Dominion, stated that My Pillow's lawsuit was "a meritless retaliatory lawsuit, filed by My Pillow to try to distract from the harm it caused to Dominion".<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> Lindell also filed a civil suit against Dominion and Smartmatic in June 2021. The day after the suit was filed, a law partner with <a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Thornburg" title="Barnes & Thornburg">Barnes & Thornburg</a> who drafted and submitted the suit left the firm, which said he did not have "firm authorization" to participate in the suit.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> In May 2022, the federal court dismissed all the claims by Lindell and MyPillow against Dominion, Smartmatic, and their lawyers and public relations firm. The court also ruled that Lindell and MyPillow would be liable to Smartmatic for attorney's fees, in an amount to be determined, for making claims that were frivolous under <a href="/wiki/Federal_Rules_of_Civil_Procedure#Title_III_–_Pleadings_and_Motions" title="Federal Rules of Civil Procedure">Rule 11</a>.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> Lindell and others predicted various inquiries into the election would result in Trump being reinstated as president in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-Graziosi-106">[106]</a> Lindell predicted that Trump would be reinstated on the morning of August 13, stating "it'll be the talk of the world". After August 13 passed and President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> remained in office, Lindell moved his prediction for Trump's return to September 30, which also did not happen.<a href="#cite_note-Graziosi-106">[106]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lindell_Cybersymposium_Mesa_County_Panel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lindell_Cybersymposium_Mesa_County_Panel.jpg/220px-Lindell_Cybersymposium_Mesa_County_Panel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lindell_Cybersymposium_Mesa_County_Panel.jpg/330px-Lindell_Cybersymposium_Mesa_County_Panel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lindell_Cybersymposium_Mesa_County_Panel.jpg/440px-Lindell_Cybersymposium_Mesa_County_Panel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Lindell (standing) at his Cyber Symposium</figcaption></figure> Lindell held a three-day "Cyber Symposium" ending August 12, promising to present "irrefutable evidence" of election fraud, but none was produced. Reporter <a href="/wiki/Donie_O%27Sullivan_(journalist)" title="Donie O'Sullivan (journalist)">Donie O'Sullivan</a> brought cybersecurity expert <a href="/wiki/Harri_Hursti" title="Harri Hursti">Harri Hursti</a> to the conference, and Hursti said that Lindell's purported evidence was a "pile of nothing" and found no proof of election fraud.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> In connection with the Cyber Symposion, Lindell claimed a certain dataset showed Chinese interference in the 2020 election, and offered $5 million to anyone who could prove otherwise.<a href="#cite_note-wrong-109">[109]</a> This challenge was taken up by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Zeidman" title="Robert Zeidman">Robert Zeidman</a>, a software developer who has been described as a Trump supporter and who claims to have thought the data was probably authentic because Lindell would not have offered a reward otherwise. The rules provided for binding arbitration by the <a href="/wiki/American_Arbitration_Association" title="American Arbitration Association">American Arbitration Association</a> (AAA). Zeidman concluded the data was not authentic and on April 20, 2023, a panel of AAA's Commercial Arbitration Tribunal ordered Lindell to pay the $5m.<a href="#cite_note-wrong-109">[109]</a> On February 21, 2024, the United States District Court of the District of Minnesota confirmed the arbitration award.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> In September 2021, <a href="/wiki/Bonner_County,_Idaho" title="Bonner County, Idaho">Bonner County, Idaho</a>, announced it would perform a recount of ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election, in response to an allegation by Lindell that all 44 Idaho counties had been digitally hacked. Lindell provided a detailed list of IP addresses he asserted had been compromised. County Clerk Mike Rosedale stated that all county voting machines were fully <a href="/wiki/Air_gap_(networking)" title="Air gap (networking)">airgapped</a> from the Internet, also noting that seven Idaho counties do not use voting machines. Lindell alleged that a specific formula had been applied by hackers to flip votes from Trump to Biden. Rosedale said Lindell had not contacted his office before presenting his allegations. Trump carried Bonner County with 67.2% of the vote and Idaho with 63.9% in the 2020 election.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> At the conclusion of the Idaho recount, accuracy was determined to be within 0.1% for the election results with no indications of digital hacking. Idaho plans to bill Lindell for the cost of the recount.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> The Bonner audit, and audits of two other counties that do not use voting machines, affirmed the accuracy of the ballot count. Chief Deputy Secretary of State Chad Houck said Lindell would be sent a bill for the audits.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> In January 2022, Lindell said that he possessed "enough evidence to put everybody in prison for life, 300-some million people" for their part in the alleged 2020 election fraud, which, at the time, was about 91 percent of the U.S. population.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> On September 13, 2022, the <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> served a search and seizure warrant for Lindell's phone. As recounted by Lindell, speaking on his web show, agents surrounded his car at a fast-food <a href="/wiki/Drive-through" title="Drive-through">drive-through</a> in Minnesota. In addition to sharing the search warrant on his show, Lindell claims FBI agents asked questions regarding Colorado's Mesa County Clerk <a href="/wiki/Tina_Peters_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tina Peters (Colorado)">Tina Peters</a>, who was charged with election interference earlier that month<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> and later convicted of multiple charges.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> In August 2023, Lindell said he would prevent voting fraud by flying drones with wireless sniffing devices attached near polling places to determine whether voting machines are connected to the Internet.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> Lindell's legal firm said in an October 2023 court filing that Lindell was <a href="/wiki/Arrears" title="Arrears">in arrears</a> by millions of dollars in fees and that the firm could no longer afford to represent him. Lindell praised his attorneys for their work, adding, "We've lost everything, every dime. All of it is gone."<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> Lindell attended the <a href="/wiki/2024_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2024 Democratic National Convention">2024 Democratic National Convention</a>, at which he falsely claimed that there were 257,000 votes missing from the 2020 election.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> Lindell has been married three times. His first marriage ended in divorce after about 20 years, and he has children from this marriage.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> He married Dallas Yocum in June 2013 and filed for divorce in mid-July 2013 after she left him. Lindell stated that they had a <a href="/wiki/Prenuptial_agreement" title="Prenuptial agreement">prenuptial agreement</a>.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> Lindell's third marriage was made public by Donald Trump at a rally on April 6, 2024.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> Lindell is an <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">evangelical Christian</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> <a href="#cite_note-LindellSalvationArmy-17">[17]</a> and received an honorary Doctor of Business from <a href="/wiki/Liberty_University" title="Liberty University">Liberty University</a> in 2019. In bestowing the honor, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Brat" title="Dave Brat">Dave Brat</a>, the dean of Liberty University's School of Business, called Lindell “one of the greatest Christian businessmen on the planet.”<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> The event featured Lindell's donation of 12,000 pillows worth over $600,000 to those in attendance.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> That same year, Lindell self-published a book, What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO, in which he recounts his overnight recovery from drug addiction and credits divine intervention for the subsequent launch of his pillow business.<a href="#cite_note-GOPFuture-57">[57]</a> In January 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a> published a story stating that Lindell had a nine-month relationship with actress <a href="/wiki/Jane_Krakowski" title="Jane Krakowski">Jane Krakowski</a> between late 2019 and the summer of 2020. Both Lindell and Krakowski denied the allegation. 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