Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Mark Andrews filed suit against Dinesh D'Souza on Wednesday, insisting D'Souza and his collaborators falsely accused him of ballot fraud by "combining junk pseudoscience and excerpted surveillance video of innocent voters" in his May 2022 documentary."In fact, the video of Mr. Andrews shows him legally dropping off ballots for himself and his family, a voting method expressly authorized by Georgia law," it states. A state probe found that Andrews had committed no wrongdoing, and dismissed a complaint filed against him as a result of the documentary in May.
Also named in the suit are the founders of True the Vote, which funded D'Souza's film.
Wow, professional liars lied. What a shocker.
The publisher of "2000 Mules" issued a statement Friday apologizing to a Georgia man who was shown in the film and falsely accused of ballot fraud during the 2020 election.
The widely debunked film includes surveillance video showing Mark Andrews, his face blurred, putting five ballots in a drop box in Lawrenceville, an Atlanta suburb, as a voiceover by conservative pundit and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza says, "What you are seeing is a crime. These are fraudulent votes."
Salem Media Group said in the statement that it has "removed the film from Salem's platforms, and there will be no future distribution of the film or the book by Salem."
Though "2,000 Mules" has been widely debunked by law enforcement officials and the media, the film and book developed a widespread following among supporters of the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen.
According to Andrews' lawsuit, the allegations in "2,000 Mules" led to violent threats against him and his family. "They worry that again they will be baselessly accused of election crimes, and that believers in the 'mules' theory may recognize and seek reprisal against them, and that they may face physical harm," the lawsuit alleged.
According to a court filing in a related case, Salem settled the lawsuit brought by Andrews for an undisclosed "significant" amount. Salem said that it "relied on representations made to us by Dinesh D'Souza and True the Vote."