Mike Lindell Said He Regularly Meets With Trump to Talk Election Conspiracy Theories

Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist, said on a podcast appearance Monday that he’s recently met with President Donald Trump to discuss plans to investigate the 2020 election and to get rid of electronic voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Appearing as a guest Monday on Stern American — the podcast of Steve Stern, a self-described “leading advocate for election integrity” — Lindell called in briefly to discuss his most recent meeting with Trump.

“I did just meet with the President — this is the third time now — about two weeks ago, and I’ll hopefully see him again next week,” Lindell said. “One of our biggest focuses is — you’ve heard about the special prosecutor, we need a team that goes back in time — and then we also have a team going forward, everybody, to get rid of these machines before the primaries.” 

The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Lindell’s meetings with Trump.

Late last month, Trump reignited false conspiracy theories about mass voter fraud when he called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 election. But Lindell’s mention of a “team going forward” may be even more troubling. 

Lindell didn’t elaborate further on what that meant, or if Trump had any plans to put together some sort of election team focused on the 2026 midterm elections. Lindell spent his short time on the podcast discussing the need to get rid of electronic voting machines, and his ongoing efforts to raise awareness on the issue. 

“The president, one of the things he and I are aligned perfectly on is he wants to get back to paper ballots, hand-counted, same day voting, precinct level, voter ID,” he said. 

Lindell also mentioned that he and Trump discussed Tina Peters — a former GOP local election clerk in Colorado who was sentenced to nine years in prison for her role in a voting system data breach. The president previously ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to “secure the release” of Peters and Lindell said Trump is “doing everything he can” to free her. But Peters was convicted on state charges, so it’s not clear what he can do to get her out.

Despite Lindell’s recent legal woes — a federal jury found that Lindell defamed a former employee of the Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, ordering Lindell to pay $2.3 million in damages — he doesn’t appear to be deterred from continuing to spread dangerous conspiracy theories about electronic voting machines and the 2020 election.

“This time around, with our voices getting so big, we will get the word out and say, ‘Open up those machines!’” Lindell said.