Daily Beast: “Undeterred, a faction of Trump fans predicted that he would reclaim his throne this month. The baseless theory has piqued Trump’s interest, helped inspire at least two Homeland Security warnings about a heightened risk of far-right violence, and now appears to be driving far-right QAnon voices to connect Trump’s return with the latest coronavirus surge. As The Daily Beast previously reported, Trump fans can trace that latest prophecy not to any legal scholars, but to pillow salesman Mike Lindell. Lindell, the founder of MyPillow, predicted this spring that the 2020 election results would be nullified by, or sometime in, August.”

“When Trump began telling confidantes that he expected to retake office this month, Lindell took credit for the theory, telling The Daily Beast, ‘If Trump is saying August, that is probably because he heard me say it.’ Reached for comment Monday, Lindell admitted that his August timeline – which he had already suggested was elastic – might now be further delayed. ‘We’ll be bringing our findings to the Supreme Court in late August or early September, some time after the cyber-symposium ends, and it proves it was an attack by China,’ Lindell told The Daily Beast of non-existent election fraud, and an upcoming event devoted to the same. ‘When I gave my prediction about August, and that was several months ago, that was an estimate at the time. But it took so long to get this symposium set up. However long it takes for the Supreme Court to take it up and decide on this, I can’t predict that. I’m not the Supreme Court.'”