MyPillow launches yet another effort to get Dominion's defamation lawsuit dismissed

[hookaleft]

Attorneys for Mike Lindell's pillow company are making yet another effort to dismiss a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems.

In court filings Tuesday, the lawyers asked the judge overseeing the case if an appeals court can reconsider the legal standards that allow Dominion to proceed with its lawsuits. The company first filed its lawsuit against Lindell and MyPillow in February, as Lindell promoted false conspiracy theories about the election technology firm's role in the 2020 election.

The CEO had pushed the theories in part to promote sales for MyPillow products, Dominion alleged. Lindell has continued to promote the false theories and hosted a "symposium" about them earlier in August.

Lawyers for Lindell and MyPillow, each named as separate defendants, have tried to get the lawsuit dismissed, arguing that the CEO's claims could not be considered defamatory because they were made as part of political discourse. But US District Judge Carl J. Nichols ruled that Dominion's lawsuit against them — as well as parallel ones against Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, who promoted other false theories about Dominion — could move forward.


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https://www.businessinsider.com/mypillow-tries-to-get-dominion-defamation-lawsuit-dismissed-again-2021-8

[getagrip_already]

1. Why didn't he go straight to scotus?

Heck, they love to look at cases that have never been tried. Appeals courts don't mind either, and will clearly rule in his favor, but why not go straight to the top?

Slackers.

{yes, sarcasm}

[BusterMove]

2. For someone just dying to have Dominion sue him, Mike is putting up an awful fuss.

“I want them to sue me. Please. Because I have all the evidence, 100%. I want all the American people and the world to see the horrific things that these (Dominion voting) machines are capable of and what they did to our country and what — they’re allowing other countries to steal our election and just to hijack our election,” Lindell said."

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/01/19/i-want-them-to-sue-me-mypillows-mike-lindell-says-lawsuit-from-dominion-would-show-election-was-rigged/

Wow - huh - wonder why the change of heart?

[SWBTATTReg]

3. I smell desperation here on Lindell's part...good, I hope that the smell is overwhelming ...

Lindell with the thought of $1.6 Billion dollars flying away into Dominion's pockets (which they deserve, since Lindell has been making up false claims about their voting systems since day 1).

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This is a very questionable move legally