Debunking Mike Lindell's election fraud claims
We fact-check Lindell's most consistent claims, explain how they have been discredited and where they originally surfaced.
March 12, 2021 — 2:55pm
Video (46:26): Video by Mark Vancleave. Minnesota pillow entrepreneur Mike Lindell has made allegations of widespread election fraud his brand, starting almost immediately after the 2020 election. But to date, he has produced no original evidence. We took a deeper look at those claims, and fact check how they have been debunked.
Mike Lindell has been one of the loudest and most prominent voices pushing election fraud conspiracy theories, starting almost immediately after the 2020 election. To date, Lindell has produced no original evidence of his own, either publicly or after multiple requests from the Star Tribune. Instead, Lindell relies on previously-debunked claims from other sources to back up his argument that both foreign and domestic actors "stole" the election from Donald Trump.