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MyPillow is suing Dominion Voting Systems for $1.6 billion, seeking to shift the legal ground in a fight between its lightning-rod chief executive, Mike Lindell, and the maker of voting machines.
The Chaska-based pillow manufacturer filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Minnesota and, along with Lindell, asked a court in Washington to dismiss a $1.3 billion defamation suit Dominion Voting Systems filed against them several weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Lindell, who has repeatedly claimed the outcome of the November presidential election was fraudulent and been kicked off social media platforms as a result, tried to launch a social media business of his own. Called Frank, the new business had problems during its debut Monday that prevented people from creating accounts and accessing its features.
Instead Lindell initiated a 48-hour video livestream on the website featuring other right-wing figures, including Michael Flynn, who was national security adviser in the early days of the Trump administration, Ben Carson, who led the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Trump, and many others.
Dominion has sued other critics of the election outcome, including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Fox News, for defamation in claiming that its machines rigged the results.
With its legal filings Monday, MyPillow's team presented a starkly different defense from, for instance, Powell, who argued no reasonable person would believe the claims she was making about election fraud. 
"Mr. Lindell knew all his statements regarding Dominion to be true when he made them and continues to know them to be true today," his attorneys wrote.
Truth is generally regarded as a defense against claims of libel and, often, defamation.
"Both [the suit and motion to dismiss] are designed to take it out of the courts and into the marketplace of ideas," said Alan Dershowitz, the noted criminal defense attorney and retired Harvard law professor who is advising Lindell's attorneys. "Both of them are designed to protect the First Amendment."
Dominion's legal counsel Stephen Shackelford of Susman Godfrey LLP said in a statement: "This is a meritless retaliatory lawsuit, filed by MyPillow to try to distract from the harm it caused to Dominion."


https://www.startribune.com/mypillow-sue...600047670/

[Guest]

I mean I guess he has the right to sue anyone any time just like everyone else.
But....can you imagine having your livelihood relying on him?  I don't know how many pillows he was selling, but he has to be selling a ton less right now.