MyPillow CEO Vows to Appeal $5 Million Payout to ‘Digital Detective’ in Election Data Contest Dispute

Published on February 22, 2024

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has vowed to appeal a decision by a federal judge who upheld an arbitration court ruling that said he must pay $5 million to a software engineer who claims he satisfied the conditions for winning Mr. Lindell’s “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge regarding supposed 2020 election data. U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, said in a Feb. 21 order that courts have limited authority regarding arbitration disputes, but ordered Mr. Lindell to pay the $5 million award plus interest within 30 days anyway. “Of course we’re going to appeal it,” Mr. Lindell told the Associated Press when asked to respond to the ruling. “This guy doesn’t have a dime coming.”...