MyPillow pitchman and part-time democracy subverter Mike Lindell has brought onto his legal team a lawyer who was key to Donald Trump’s failed legal challenged to the November 2020 election outcome and a person who falsely claimed Vice President Kamala Harris is ineligible to hold office because, he says, she’s not an American citizen, CNBC reports.
William Olson, whose firm has also worked for key conservative PACs and Ben Carson’s 2016 presidential campaign, has repeatedly claimed that Harris was not born in the United States, echoing racist conspiracy theories first used against Barack Obama. Contrary to Olson’s claims, Harris is a natural born US citizen, having been born in California.
Olson will join Lindell’s legal team that also features TheHill contributor and massage enthusiast Alan Dershowitz, who also worked for Donald Trump.