MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Mike Lindell must face a defamation lawsuit brought by a voting machine company that the Donald Trump ally falsely accused of rigging the 2020 U.S. election, a Minnesota federal judge ruled on Monday.
Judge Wright also found sufficient evidence that Lindell knew or should have known his statements were false and acted with "actual malice" in promoting them, a key legal threshold in defamation cases.An attorney for Smartmatic, J. Erik Connolly, told Reuters in a statement the company was pleased with the ruling.
Smartmatic operated voting machines in Los Angeles County in 2020 and says there were no irregularities in its tallies.
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