The years-long legal battle between MyPillow founder Mike Lindell and Dominion Voting Systems has officially come to an end after the voting technology company agreed to dismiss its $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit, closing one of the last major legal cases stemming from claims surrounding the 2020 presidential election.
Lindell celebrated the development during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, where he described the dismissal as a major victory after more than five years of litigation that he said weighed heavily on both him and his employee-owned company.
“They dropped the lawsuit after five and a half years,” Lindell said. “MyPillow was being sued for $1.3 billion. My employee-owned company, they had this hanging over their head for that long. It was a very, very horrible situation. But they’ve dropped it now.”
Court filings submitted this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia confirmed that the parties reached a confidential settlement and agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the lawsuit cannot be brought again. Under the agreement, each side will pay its own legal costs and attorney fees, while the financial terms of the settlement remain confidential.
Dominion originally filed the lawsuit in February 2021, accusing Lindell and MyPillow of repeatedly promoting false claims that Dominion’s voting machines helped manipulate the results of the 2020 presidential election. The company alleged Lindell continued making the claims through television appearances, interviews, social media posts and his online platform despite evidence contradicting the allegations.
Dominion sought $1.3 billion in damages, arguing the statements caused significant reputational and financial harm. Speaking after news of the dismissal became public, Lindell immediately pivoted back to his long-held criticisms of electronic voting systems.
“And I can continue on to say we’ve got to get to paper ballots, hand counted. All voting machines need to be melted down, turned into prison bars,” he said.
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“And I will say this, Steve. I was very happy to see the president retruthed. They are all about Dominion dropping the case. But the big thing, the reason he retruthed everybody, because the timing of this is kind of, hmm, why did they drop it right now?”
He continued, “Because we dropped an 800-page evidence report. It’s like a historical library of evidence, backed by facts, and it was dropped. You can see it at LindellTV.com. It’s front and center there, and the whole country, if anyone ever says to you there’s no evidence of the stolen 2020 election, you just point to it at LindellTV, everybody, and it’s all there.”
Lindell has consistently argued throughout the litigation that his comments regarding election security were protected under the First Amendment and has maintained that he would not stop questioning electronic voting systems. He has previously estimated that the legal battle cost him roughly $20 million in legal expenses while placing significant financial strain on both himself and MyPillow.
The settlement also brings to a close one of Dominion’s final high-profile defamation cases arising from the aftermath of the 2020 election. The company previously reached a $787.5 million settlement with Fox News and resolved several additional lawsuits involving prominent Trump allies before ultimately settling with Lindell.
Dominion itself has also changed significantly since the lawsuit began. Last year, the company was acquired by Liberty Vote, a firm led by former Republican election official Scott Leiendecker. Despite the ownership change, the litigation against Lindell continued until this week’s agreement.
Although the Dominion lawsuit has now been resolved, Lindell’s legal challenges are not over.
Earlier this year, a federal jury in Colorado found him liable for defaming former Dominion executive Eric Coomer, awarding Coomer approximately $2.3 million in damages after determining Lindell made false statements accusing him of participating in election fraud. Lindell has vowed to appeal that verdict.
He also remains involved in separate litigation brought by voting technology company Smartmatic, while MyPillow continues to face additional financial and legal pressures unrelated to the Dominion case.
With the confidential settlement now finalized and the case formally closed, the lawsuit that became one of the most closely watched defamation battles following the 2020 election has officially come to an end.
