SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — My Pillow CEO and Presidential election skeptic Mike Lindell says he was attacked Wednesday evening following his seminar claiming the 2020 Presidential election was stolen.
National and international media from the Left, Center, and Right report he said he was attacked Wednesday evening outside of his hotel. Lindell made the statement, according to the press reports, Thursday afternoon at the South Dakota Military Alliance building, the site of his invitation-only seminar.
Right Side Broadcasting Network, which is streaming the seminar, reported that Lindell said, “I’m okay, but it hurts.”
After being asked about the assault at the Thursday morning Sioux Falls Police briefing, Officer Sam Clemens sent the following statement to the city’s media outlets Thursday afternoon:
“At the end of today’s briefing, I was asked if there had been any assaults reported at a local hotel. A report about an assault was made with the Sioux Falls Police Department today, August 12, around 11 a.m. The assault happened on August 11, around 11:30 p.m. in a hotel near Russell St and West Ave. The investigation is on-going and no arrests have been made. Because of both Marsy’s Law and police policy, I am unable to release the name or names of any victims.”
Lindell’s symposium started Tuesday and ends Thursday.
(This story was updated at 8:52 p.m., 8/21/21 to correct the venue of Mike Lindell’s symposium. KELO.com News erroneously reported the symposium was held at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. KELO.com News strives for accuracy in our reporting and we regret the error.)
(This story was updated at 4:40 p.m., 8/12/21.)
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Sioux Falls Police say they have gotten calls that My Pillow founder Mike Lindell was assaulted while in the city this week.
Lindell, who says the 2020 Presidential election was stolen, has been giving a seminar on the topic this week in Sioux Falls.
Officer Sam Clemens says they have received no formal report of an assault on Lindell.
Clemens says the department is investigating.
