DENVER (AP) — One of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, stuck by his false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen while testifying Monday during a defamation trial over statements he made about a former official for a leading voting equipment company.
Taking the stand for the first time during the trial, Lindell denied making any statements he knew to be false about Eric Coomer, the former product strategy and security director for Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems. Among other things, Lindell accused Coomer of being “a part of the biggest crime this world has ever seen.”
During sometimes rambling testimony in federal court in Denver, Lindell painted himself as the victim of “lawfare” — when people are sued to scare them into silence.
Lindell said he never accused Coomer of rigging the election, but he testified that Coomer’s claims led Newsmax to block him from being able to go on air to talk about voting machines.
“You’re part of the biggest coverup of the biggest crime the world has ever seen,” he said to Charles Cain, the Coomer lawyer questioning him.
Lindell said he used to be worth about $60 million before he started speaking out about the 2020 election, and now he has nothing and is $10 million in debt.
“I believe what you did to me and MyPillow was criminal,” he said to Cain during questioning.
Both Cain and U.S. District Judge Nina Wang had to remind Lindell several times to listen to the...
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