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☆ At least 7 Republicans vying for a spot in Congress this November were at the Capitol on January 6
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Several Republican candidates for Congress have ties to the January 6 Capitol attack. Van Orden at the time wrote that he had been in Washington, DC, for "meetings and to stand for the integrity of our electoral system as a citizen." A representative for Van Orden did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Smith won a crowded primary against seven other Republican candidates in May and secured Trump's endorsement in September. Jeff Zink is up against Democratic incumbent Rep. Ruben Gallego in Arizona's 3rd Congressional District.

☆ Paul Pelosi's suspected attacker, David DePape, had hazy political ties and fell down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories about COVID-19, the global elite, and election fraud, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked on Friday morning. Police identified David DePape, a 42-year-old Berkeley, California, resident as the suspect. Online activity from DePape showed he espoused conspiratorial views, according to reports. The San Francisco Police Department said DePape broke into the Pelosis' home and assaulted Paul Pelosi with a hammer. DePape has a winding past that mysteriously leads up to an apparent fixation with extremist views, according to reports.

☆ Trump spent the day complaining on social media while lawmakers of both parties condemned the assault on Pelosi's husband
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But Trump spent the day posting on social media, including complaints about his legal woes. The attacker was reportedly looking for the House Speaker, who is one of the most vilified lawmakers by the far right in the US. Trump used Twitter to spread baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, among other topics, which the suspect had apparently parroted to some degree on their social media. Police identified the suspect in the assault on Pelosi as David DePape. He posted conspiracy theories on social media, according to CNN, including on COVID-19 vaccines, the 2020 election, and the January 6 attack.

☆ Conservatives and anti-vaxxers are frantically lobbying Elon Musk to lift Twitter bans on their idols after he took over
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An assortment of conservatives are lobbying Elon Musk to undo Twitter bans on prominent allies. Musk has said he opposes permanent bans and plans to roll back moderation on Twitter. But Twitter is enforcing legal sanctions on the networks in the EU and UK which prevents people seeing their content. Twitter has said it never shadowbans anybody, though Musk said Friday he was "digging in" to the allegations. Evolutionary biologist and podcaster Bret Weinstein, who has long questioned COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, also called for Musk to reinstate anti-vaxxer Dr Robert Malone.

☆ With U.S. midterms ahead, Musk's Twitter takeover raises fear of misinformation wave
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Republicans say many social media platforms are biased against them, and numerous conservative Twitter accounts - including Republican politicians - on Friday welcomed Musk's takeover. Democrats fear that Trump supporters will promote far-right views or false claims of election fraud on Twitter if permitted. Since his ban, Trump has launched his own social media app, Truth Social, and has said he will not return to Twitter even if Musk reinstates him. Conservatives have accused the site of censoring their view points for political reasons, an allegation Twitter has denied. Rapper Kanye West, whose Twitter account was suspended for posting anti-Semitic remarks, appeared to be active again on Friday.

☆ MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he was late to a conservative event because a door on his private jet fell off
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lindell told Insider he was traveling from Texas to Missouri when a luggage storage door fell off. "I was supposed to be here earlier, but actually, uh, the plane door fell off of my plane on the ground," Lindell said to laughter from the audience. Then we got it back on, and it took another day when we got back to the shop to complete the intensive check," Lindell told Insider. "I gave her a ride — on the cyber symposium, I give rides from people all over the country," Lindell told 9News. The seizure was linked to the investigation into Peters, Lindell told Insider.

☆ Pro-Trump rally speaker says that 'angel of death' is coming for Lindsey Graham and Democrats before end of the year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A pro-Trump rally speaker said the "angel of death" was coming for various politicians before 2023. The speaker showed an image of people including Lindsey Graham, Joe Biden, and the Clintons. "The angel of death is coming to visit these people. The image said, "the Angel of Death is coming for them by year-end," and "treason will be written on them for ALL ETERNITY." The two-day "ReAwaken America" rally also featured speeches by Eric Trump, Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

☆ NHL roundup: Lightning topple Islanders again
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

The Lightning, who beat the host Florida Panthers 3-2 in overtime Friday, improved to 8-2 in their past 10 games against the Islanders. Devils 2, Sharks 1Yegor Sharangovich and Dawson Mercer scored second-period goals to lead New Jersey to a victory over visiting San Jose. The Blues controlled the first eight minutes of the game and scored the game's first goal on a power play. Avalanche 3, Golden Knights 2Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin and Evan Rodrigues scored goals, and visiting Colorado beat Vegas. He also became the first defenseman in NHL history to begin a season with a five-game goal streak.

☆ Mike Lindell went to Florida to distribute 12,000 pillows for hurricane relief and promoted his products in front of a wrecked home
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mike Lindell was seen giving out pillows in Fort Myers, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. He told Insider his company was sending over 12,000 bedding items to Florida. Lindell told Insider that his company 12,386 items to Florida, including 7,264 MyPillows, 2,566 "Bible pillows," and 2,556 blankets on a truck that got to Florida on Thursday. This is not the first time that Lindell has sent pillows to support a cause. The shipment of the 12,000 pillows was later delayed at a border crossing from Michigan to Canada.

☆ A California restaurant owner said she received threats after posting a picture of staff with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell without knowing his role in politics
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A California restaurant was threatened after posting a picture online of staff with Mike Lindell, per SFGATE. The staff only knew him as the boss of MyPillow, not for his role in politics, the owner told SFGATE. Since posting the picture, the restaurant has received several threatening calls, Hill told SFGATE. Hill told SFGATE that she and her colleagues were unaware of Lindell's stance in politics. "This was the first person that had come into the restaurant that they had seen on TV," Hill told SFGATE.

Share this -Link copiedCommittee votes to subpoena Trump The committee voted on Thursday unanimously to subpoena Trump. Trump would not be the first president to be subpoenaed, nor would he be the first former president subpoenaed by Congress. "Even before the networks called the race for President Biden on Nov. 7th, his chances of pulling out a victory were virtually nonexistent, and President Trump knew it," Kinzinger said. “At times, President Trump acknowledged the reality of his loss. “What did President Trump know?

That's based on a Secret Service email from 9:09 a.m. "The head of the President’s Secret Service protective detail, Robert Engel, was specifically aware of the large crowds outside the magnetometers," Schiff said. A Secret Service report at 7:58 a.m. said, "Some members of the crowd are wearing ballistic helmets, body armor carrying radio equipment and military grade backpacks." On Dec. 26, a Secret Service field office relayed a tip that had been received by the FBI, Schiff said. Trump would not be the first president to be subpoenaed, nor would he be the first former president subpoenaed by Congress.

☆ Trump ally Mike Lindell is predicting a surge in Republican votes at the midterms, saying liberals in California have expressed interest in his baseless voter fraud claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has predicted a surge in Republican votes at the coming midterms. Lindell told RSBN in Arizona that he saw great support for his voter fraud cause in California. Lindell told Insider that at least 30 people he met in California wanted to discuss the economy. It is unclear if there is significant support in California for Lindell's voter fraud conspiracy theories. In September last year, former President Donald Trump claimed without substantiation that the recall election in California — which Gov.

☆ An advisor to the January 6 committee said Mark Meadows' texts provide 'irrefutable' proof of a comprehensive plot to overturn the 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Denver Riggleman said texts from Mark Meadows showed a "roadmap" to overturning the election. Meadows was receiving texts about the alternate electors plot just days after the election. He said Meadows' texts showed a "roadmap" for how allies of former President Donald Trump were trying to overturn the election. Host Bill Whitaker asked Riggleman to confirm his belief that Meadows' texts "provide irrefutable, time-stamped proof of a comprehensive plot at all levels of government to overturn the election." Insider previously compiled a list of all the texts Meadows had received while the January 6 insurrection was unfolding.

WASHINGTON — A federal jury on Friday convicted a QAnon believer who chased down U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman on Jan. 6, 2021, finding the defendant guilty on all charges against him. On Jan. 6, Jensen filmed videos from the base of the Capitol building, where he proclaimed — inaccurately, but with tremendous confidence — that he was at the White House. “Storm the White House! Goodman, the USCP officer who testified at Jensen's trial, had “no back-up” when he faced off with rioters, Mirell said. More than 850 people have been arrested and more than 350 convicted in connection with the Capitol attack.

☆ Why I Joined Mike Lindell’s Legal Team
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Alan M. Dershowitz | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

I disagree with My Pillow founder Mike Lindell about a lot of things, including his belief that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. I’m a liberal Democrat; he is a conservative Republican. Yet I am enthusiastically representing him in his lawsuit against the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation over the recent search and seizure of his telephone. As soon as it was announced that I would be joining his defense team, people asked why I would be representing somebody they believe is trying to destroy American democracy. It’s a good question.

☆ Trump ally Mike Lindell being investigated in connection with alleged Colorado election security breach
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON — Mike Lindell, the My Pillow Inc chief executive and ally to former President Donald Trump, is under U.S. federal investigation for identity theft and for conspiring to damage a protected computer connected to a suspected voting equipment security breach in Colorado. Investigations into election claimsThe FBI in August 2021 confirmed it had opened a criminal investigation into a suspected security breach of voting equipment in the western Colorado county of Mesa. The equipment at issue in the election security breach investigation were furnished by Dominion Voting Systems, which has sued Trump allies and conservative television networks over baseless claims the company’s products were used to rig the election against Trump. Peters, her deputy Belinda Knisley and former elections manager Sandra Brown were indicted on state criminal charges this year in connection with the election security breach. Peters, Knisley and Brown are all named as subjects in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation, according to the warrant, along with several others.

☆ An appeals court decision against Donald Trump came back to bite MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in a separate case
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A judge rejected MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's request for DOJ to return his seized cellphone. The judge cited an appeals court decision against Trump in his lawsuit over the Mar-a-Lago search. Trump appointed Judge Eric Tostrud, who denied Lindell's bid to get his phone back. Ruling against Lindell, Tostrud did not have to look far to find legal precedent backing up his conclusion that the phone should remain in the Justice Department's hands. Rarely does an appeals court decision so rapidly grow legs that it is cited in a separate case within 24 hours.

Goodman told jurors that he’d been with the Capitol Police for 15 years and he previously was deployed to Iraq for the U.S. Army. Footage released during Trump's second impeachment trial showed Goodman directing Romney to turn around just after the mob had breached the building. The Senate chamber itself went through sweeps by K-9s and bomb squads so that Congress could resume its work, Goodman said. He told jurors to expect to see video of Jensen telling officers to do their job throughout the trial. The FBI has arrested more than 850 defendants in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File PhotoSept 20 (Reuters) - My Pillow Inc's chief executive, Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump, sued the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday seeking the return of his cellphone, which FBI agents seized last week. In addition to the return of his phone, Lindell wants to stop the Justice Department from accessing any data collected from the device, the filing showed. The FBI and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment late on Tuesday. Lindell told the media last week that FBI agents had asked him about Tina Peters, a Mesa County, Colorado clerk. "Not only do I run five businesses off of it, I don't use a laptop, I don't use a computer, everything was on that phone," Lindell said.

☆ Mike Lindell says vendors are bailing on his MyStore platform because they don't want to be associated with an FBI investigation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says four vendors have bailed on his MyStore e-commerce platform. Lindell told Insider these businesses "don't want to deal with MyStore" for fear of an FBI probe. Speaking to Insider, Lindell said that after the FBI seized his phone at a Hardee's drive-thru last week, at least four businesses have told him that they "don't want to deal" with his MyStore platform. "This money was already earmarked for one of these vendors, one of these entrepreneurs, so that they would have enough products and be listed up on MyStore," Lindell said. Separately, Lindell told Insider on Tuesday that he had been having trouble accessing his cash and wiring money to his businesses without his phone.

read moreLindell is the latest person to be swept into federal criminal investigations surrounding Trump and his allies over their failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election results based on false claims of voter fraud. INVESTIGATIONS INTO ELECTION CLAIMSThe FBI in August 2021 confirmed it had opened a criminal investigation into a suspected security breach of voting equipment in the western Colorado county of Mesa. The equipment at issue in the election security breach investigation were furnished by Dominion Voting Systems, which has sued Trump allies and conservative television networks over baseless claims the company's products were used to rig the election against Trump. Peters, her deputy Belinda Knisley and former elections manager Sandra Brown were indicted on state criminal charges this year in connection with the election security breach. Peters, Knisley and Brown are all named as subjects in the Justice Department's criminal investigation, according to the warrant, along with several others.

☆ Mike Lindell is suing the FBI, saying they violated his 'First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment' rights by seizing his phone
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is suing the FBI and DOJ for seizing his phone. Lindell says the FBI and DOJ violated his First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights. Represented by a legal team including conservative lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Lindell's suit claims the FBI violated his "First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment" rights. he told Insider. Lindell told Insider that had the FBI approached him at night, he would have "bashed" his way through their cars with his pickup truck.

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFILE PHOTO - Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, speaks during general session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Go NakamuraSept 19 (Reuters) - MyPillow Inc Chief Executive Mike Lindell must face a defamation lawsuit brought by a voting machine company that the Trump ally falsely accused of rigging the 2020 U.S. election, a Minnesota federal judge ruled on Monday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterLawyers for the defendants did not immediately respond to inquiries Monday. Smartmatic operated voting machines in Los Angeles County in 2020 and says there were no irregularities in its tallies. The London-based company alleged in its January complaint that Lindell knowingly made false election-rigging claims to boost MyPillow's sales and made Smartmatic "synonymous with election fraud."

☆ Hardee's mocks MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell after he said the FBI seized his cell phone at their restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Bethany Biron | Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hardee's took to Twitter to mock Mike Lindell after the MyPillow CEO said he was approached by FBI at a restaurant. According to Lindell, agents confiscated his phone as part of a search warrant. Lindell said in response to Insider's request for comment on the Hardee's tweet. Lindell said in response to Insider's request for comment on the Hardee's tweet. In a copy of a subpoena uploaded by Lindell, the agents took his phone in search of information related to possible tampering with voting machines connected to the 2020 presidential election.

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