{"id":107499,"date":"2020-09-12T13:56:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T11:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/thefreethinker\/?p=107499"},"modified":"2020-09-12T14:02:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T12:02:43","slug":"trumps-shyster-friend-mike-lindell-called-a-liar-threatens-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thefreethinker\/2020\/09\/trumps-shyster-friend-mike-lindell-called-a-liar-threatens-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s shyster friend Mike Lindell called a liar, threatens lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Mike Lindell banging on about Jesus while flogging pillows on Christian channel TBN. Image via YouTube.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

MYPILLOW\u2019S CEO Mike Lindell, above, who went from crack to Christ and called Trump \u2018America\u2019s greatest President who was chosen by God<\/a>,\u2019 is smarting over the way he was treated by CNN host Anderson Cooper last month.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In fact he was so pissed off over being accused of lying and being a charlatan by Cooper that he instructed attorney L Lin Wood to send a letter to CNN threatening \u201clegal redress\u201d<\/a> unless Cooper retracted his claim that Lindell was a \u201csnake oil salesman\u201d for pushing Oleandrin, an unproven treatment for COVID-19 that experts warn could be toxic.<\/p>\n

Wood said in his letter:<\/p>\n

While I am fully aware that Cooper\u2019s sarcastic, mocking, derisive, and demeaning tone, attitude and facial expressions toward Mr. Lindell are not legally actionable, I have complete confidence that Cooper\u2019s false and defamatory accusations are actionable.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During the interview with Lindell, Cooper repeatedly questioned\u00a0 Lindell\u2019s credentials. He told the former crackhead:<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have a medical background, you\u2019re not a scientist, yet you\u2019re claiming this substance, which has not been studied in any meaningful way, can cure COVID. And you have a financial stake in the company. You would profit from it if this is being sold widely. Morally, is that right?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In his letter, Wood claims that Cooper was incorrect about testing for the drug, and said that he used that false assertion to:<\/p>\n

Cast aspersions on Mr. Lindell\u2019s character and reputation<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In July Lindell participated in meeting at the White House with Trump<\/a> regarding the use of Oleandrin, an extract from the plant Nerium oleander. The raw oleander plant is highly toxic, and consumption of it can be fatal.<\/p>\n

He described the President\u2019s response toward the extract as \u201centhusiastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was enthusiastic, as he is on everything that\u2019s going to help people.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n