Idaho Wants Mike Lindell to Pay for Costs Incurred from Audits Relating to His Election Fraud Claims

The authorities of Idaho plans to measure MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, saying helium should wage for costs that were incurred from 3 audits that were conducted aft helium claimed that predetermination fraud occurred successful the state.

Idaho Chief Deputy Secretary of State Chad Houck confirmed to the Idaho Statesman that helium plans to measure Lindell for the outgo of the audits, an magnitude totaling $6,500.

“As we looked astatine however overmuch vulnerability this peculiar acceptable of information had gotten successful the past respective weeks, we felt it was tenable to, astatine first, conscionable look astatine the counties that had nary physics means,” Houck said. “Our premise was, if we could get successful and retired of 2 of those counties successful a day, and successful a time disprove the mentation of what was being alleged there, that would beryllium a bully usage of time.”

“While our squad is ever looking for imaginable vulnerabilities, this allegation was patently without merit from the archetypal look,” Houck said successful a connection Wednesday. “It takes hard enactment to physique assurance successful a state’s elections system, and careless accusations similar this tin origin tremendous harm. Doing thing and saying thing would person been similar conceding its truth.”

Trump won Idaho, a reliably blimpish state, handily. However, Lindell had claimed that results successful each 44 Idaho counties had been electronically manipulated to favour President Joe Biden. There is nary grounds to enactment those claims.

The audit concluded, reporting a 0.1% borderline of mistake crossed Bonner, Butte, and Camas counties, concluding that the predetermination “was executed with some integrity and accuracy.”