MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell advisor tied to GOP super PACs, pushed

A member of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s legal team has ties to Republican super PACs and has pushed false conspiracies about Vice President Kamala Harris and Covid-19.

Lindell has brought on William Olson as one of his legal advisors, according to a new filing made in federal court in Minnesota.

Olson’s firm has done legal work for GOP super PACs that backed Ben Carson during the 2016 presidential election, supported then-President Donald Trump in the 2020 election and boosted Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in his 2018 Senate race against former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Olson’s recent legal work includes submitting an amicus brief that falsely claims Harris is not a natural born citizen of the United States and is not eligible to be vice president. Harris was born in California. The conspiracy about Harris — the first Black U.S. vice president — echoes the racist birther theory Trump and others spread about President Barack Obama.

Olson has also used his Twitter account to push some claims about the coronavirus that have been disputed by the FDA or deemed misleading by the social media platform.

Olson’s presence on Lindell’s legal team was disclosed in a recent court filing. That filing asks a Minnesota federal court judge to allow Olson to appear in that court and submit filings on Lindell’s behalf in a case where he is challenging a subpoena for his phone records from House committee investigating the origins of the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill. Because Olson is not admitted to practice law in Minnesota, he needs a judge’s permission to appear in a case there.

Lindell came under the committee’s scrutiny after he repeatedly made false claims that election fraud led to Biden’s 2020 victory over Trump.

Longtime defense attorney Alan Dershowitz is also representing Lindell as he fights the subpoena. Dershowitz represented Trump in his first impeachment and has worked for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who as a lawyer for Trump pushed to overturn the 2020 results.

In response to CNBC’s texted questions about Olson advising him, Lindell responded with the following statement: “Brian, why don’t you be a real journalist and report the election crimes of 2020? I don’t have time to entertain you horrible journalist today!”

Lindell has pushed multiple claims about the 2020 election that federal and state officials have said are untrue. William Barr, who served as attorney general under Trump, has said that there was no widespread voter fraud during the 2020 election. Courts ruled against the former president’s efforts to overturn the presidential results dozens of times. Trump is still spreading conspiracy theories about the election results more than a…