Mike Lindell
© Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLindell speaks to pro-Trump protesters during the "Million MAGA March" in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2020.
MyPillow counter-sued Dominion Voting Systems for more than $1.6 billion on Monday, alleging that the voting machine company's defamation lawsuit against MyPillow and its pro-Trump CEO aims to suppress free speech and has caused "grave" reputational harm.

Lindell is one of many Trump allies to face a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit for spreading false claims about the election, including that Dominion's voting machines flipped votes from Trump to Biden.
  • Pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, who is also facing a $1.3 billion lawsuit from Dominion, has argued that "no reasonable person" would conclude that her accusations of Dominion's election-rigging scheme "were truly statements of fact."
  • Lindell, meanwhile, has not renounced his baseless claims, saying he looks forward to the discovery of evidence as part of Dominion's lawsuit.
"In making these statements, Lindell spoke for himself, not MyPillow," the lawsuit says. "MyPillow has not engaged in discussion about the 2020 election."

"However, as an American company supporting American constitutional values, MyPillow unreservedly supports Lindell's right to exercise his First Amendment freedoms concerning the matters of critical public concern, like election matters."

"This is a meritless retaliatory lawsuit, filed by MyPillow to try to distract from the harm it caused to Dominion," a lawyer for Dominion told the Wall Street Journal.

Read the full lawsuit.