In the April 19 decision, Lindel’s company, Lindel Management, was given 30 days to pay.
Since then, Lindell has not transferred any money, he said on Thursday he asked A state court in Minnesota must vacate the verdict on the grounds that the jury “exceeded its powers.”
Zeidman’s attorneys filed a motion Friday in federal district court in Minnesota to compel Lindel to repay the gift, plus 10 percent annual interest.
They are asking a judge to uphold the legality of the arbitration award and enter a $5 million judgment against Lindel’s company. Such a ruling would empower Zeidman with stronger legal tools that he can use to collect his winnings.
“There are no circumstances under which I would let him run away with that money,” said Brian Glaser, one of Zeitman’s attorneys.
Lindell said he will continue to fight to overturn the jury verdict.
“It’s not about the payment, that’s wrong. They’re trying to discredit the evidence and the evidence is all there,” he said in an interview Friday. “We’re taking it to court. It is all corruption.
Under federal and state law, arbitrators must be found guilty of misconduct, abuse of authority or corruption of process.
The controversy grew out of Lindell’s offer for a “cyber symposium” he hosted in South Dakota in August 2021. In public and broadcast appearances, he has said he has data showing the Chinese government meddled in the 2020 US presidential election and has offered a $5 million reward for any cyber expert. Election.
Zeidman analyzed Lindel’s data and concluded that it did not prove Lindel’s claims of fraud and actually had nothing to do with the 2020 election. their ConclusionThe arbitrators said Zeidman proved Lindel’s content “does not unequivocally reflect November 2020 election data.”
Lindell has been one of the most assertive and vocal of former President Donald Trump’s false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the 2020 election.
Lindell faces a $1.3 billion defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems — the company that recently won a historic settlement in a defamation case against Fox News — and another defamation suit from a former Dominion executive.
Lindell has denied wrongdoing in both cases.
