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  • Dominion Voting Systems on Monday filed a massive defamation lawsuit against businessman Mike Lendell, chief executive of My Pillow Inc.

  • For spreading false conspiracy theories that Dominion's machines rigged November's presidential election.

  • My pillow was named as a co defendant in the lawsuit.

  • Dominion filed the case in Washington federal court, and it's seeking $1.3 billion in damages in the lawsuit, lawyers for the Denver based company said.

  • Quote Acting in concert with allies and media outlets that were determined to curry favor with one of their biggest sponsors and to promote a false, preconceived narrative about the 2020 election, Lendell launched a defamatory marketing campaign about Dominion that reached millions of people and caused enormous harm to Dominion.

  • A My Pillow representative did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the lawsuit.

  • Similar lawsuits were filed against Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, two lawyers that promoted former President Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread election fraud.

  • Lendell, a devout support of Trump, financed post election protest movements in a bid to overturn President Joe Biden's victory.

Dominion Voting Systems on Monday filed a massive defamation lawsuit against businessman Mike Lendell, chief executive of My Pillow Inc.

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