Mike Lindell’s biggest gamble: Giving hard sell to baseless election fraud claims

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After a lifetime of big risks, the MyPillow CEO bet he could discredit a presidential election. 

Mike Lindell has made countless bets in his life, some that cost him everything he had.

But after the November election, the MyPillow founder made his biggest gamble yet: that he could sell America on the discredited idea that rigged voting machines cheated President Donald Trump out of a second term. Lindell has refused to let up — even after courts rejected dozens of fraud claims — and he visited the White House with notes that mentioned martial law shortly before Trump left office.

A maker of voting machines is now suing him and his Chaska-based business for $1.3 billion, far more money than either is worth. While Lindell says he’s made many narrow escapes before, the stakes for him have never been higher. Continue reading.