BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials have sent MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell a cease-and-desist letter and a bill of more than $6,000 over the businessman's repeated accusations of voter fraud in the state.
Secretary of State Lawerence Denney and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden sent the cease-and-desist letter to Lindell on Tuesday, the Idaho Statesman reported. The letter demands Lindell “promptly remove all false statements about Idaho's elections from your website” and “refrain from making similar statements in the future."
Denney and Wasden also want Lindell to pay the state for the $6,558.83 it spent proving Lindell's allegations wrong.
“Despite knowing your statements about Idaho’s elections are false, you have not removed your ‘Big Lie’ chart and continue to perpetuate your false statements,” the letter stated.
The Idaho Statesman reached out to Lindell by email but received no response as of Wednesday evening.
Former President Donald Trump alleged that the election was “stolen” after he lost to President Joe Biden. But those allegations have been repeatedly discredited, and courtrooms, state governments and Congress have all affirmed that Trump was legitimately defeated. Still, Trump allies including Lindell continue to repeat the false claims and related conspiracy theories.
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