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April 29, 2025, 2:29 pm CDT
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s lawyers have recently found themselves in hot water due to a little mix-up that led to some incorrect case citations being filed with a federal judge. It seems like human error played a big role in this whole debacle, as the attorneys mistakenly submitted a draft document with wrong citations instead of the final version. Whoopsie daisy!
According to a response to the federal judge’s order to show cause, the lawyers were completely unaware of their blunder until a whopping 55 days later when the judge decided to grill them on their citation choices. Talk about a major facepalm moment, am I right?
The judge in question, Nina Y. Wang of the District of Colorado, wasn’t too pleased with the nearly 30 defective citations she found in the lawyers’ brief. She even pointed out that some of the cases cited didn’t even exist. Yikes! That’s definitely not a good look for the legal team.
One of the lawyers, Christopher I. Kachouroff, tried to explain the mishap by blaming it on a combination of a vacation and a mistaken filing. Apparently, while Kachouroff was living it up in Mexico with limited internet access, his co-counsel accidentally submitted the draft version of the document instead of the final, polished one. Double whoopsie!
When Kachouroff was questioned about the error in court by Judge Wang, he was caught completely off guard and felt pretty embarrassed about the whole situation. He admitted to being at a loss for words because he had no clue what was going on. Awkward!
In his declaration, Kachouroff mentioned that he usually relies on artificial intelligence to help him analyze legal arguments but doesn’t use it for research or finding cases. However, he did assure everyone that he always double-checks his citations before filing. Well, it looks like someone dropped the ball this time around.
Now, Kachouroff and his co-counsel, Jennifer T. DeMaster, are hoping to replace the erroneous document with the correct one. Let’s hope they get it right this time!
The lawsuit in question involves Lindell being sued for defamation by Eric Coomer, a former executive at Dominion Voting Systems. Coomer alleges that Lindell and his companies have been spreading false conspiracy theories about election fraud in the 2020 election. Things are definitely heating up in the legal world!
All in all, it seems like this whole situation could have been avoided if someone had just double-checked their work before hitting the submit button. But hey, we all make mistakes, right? At least Kachouroff and DeMaster are trying to make things right. Let’s see how this all plays out in the courtroom.
And that’s a wrap for this messy legal drama. Stay tuned for more updates as the story unfolds!
