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  • Mike Lindell offered $5 million to anyone

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 22 20:46:43 2024
    In 2021, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell offered $5 million to anyone
    who could disprove his claim that he had data showing voter fraud in
    the 2020 presidential election.

    Now, he must pay a 64-year-old from Nevada that award, a federal judge
    ruled.

    https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1760694696425181235

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Feb 23 10:51:41 2024
    On Thu, 22 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

    In 2021, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell offered $5 million to anyone
    who could disprove his claim that he had data showing voter fraud in
    the 2020 presidential election.

    Now, he must pay a 64-year-old from Nevada that award, a federal judge
    ruled.

    https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1760694696425181235


    Ouch! What do you say? Should we crowd source some funds to help him out?
    On the other hand, how can you conclusively prove that he does _not_ have anything?

    You could disprove his data, but not the claim that he has no data. He
    could always argue it is hidden somewhere and refuse to show it. ;)

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 23 06:51:56 2024
    On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:51:41 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    On the other hand, how can you conclusively prove that he does _not_ have >anything?

    The decision is the latest development in a years-long effort to claim
    the prize, after Zeidman found that the data was not related to the
    2020 election.


    Zeidman originally took on Lindell's challenge because "either way, I
    thought it would be a historic event," he told The Washington Post on Wednesday. He said he is not sure he will actually receive the payout
    since Lindell can appeal Wednesday's decision. But Zeidman, who is
    active in Republican politics, said he hopes those following the case understand that Lindell's data was not related to the election.

    "Getting the truth out is the most important thing," he said.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/22/mike-lindell-election-dispute-decision/

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Feb 23 16:09:17 2024
    On Fri, 23 Feb 2024, JAB wrote:

    On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:51:41 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    On the other hand, how can you conclusively prove that he does _not_ have
    anything?

    The decision is the latest development in a years-long effort to claim
    the prize, after Zeidman found that the data was not related to the
    2020 election.


    Zeidman originally took on Lindell's challenge because "either way, I
    thought it would be a historic event," he told The Washington Post on Wednesday. He said he is not sure he will actually receive the payout
    since Lindell can appeal Wednesday's decision. But Zeidman, who is
    active in Republican politics, said he hopes those following the case understand that Lindell's data was not related to the election.

    "Getting the truth out is the most important thing," he said.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/22/mike-lindell-election-dispute-decision/



    Ahh, thank you for the extra context! =)

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 23 17:54:48 2024
    "Getting the truth out is the most important thing," he said.

    Yeah, but serving Mike Lindell a heaping dose of "choke on this, you
    arrogant, subversive douchenozzle" is a really satisfying second thing.

    Getting $5 million smackers is a nice third thing, FWIW.

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