The CEO of MyPillow, Mike Lindell, is facing multiple legal challenges due to his unwavering support for Donald Trump’s claims about the 2020 presidential election. This includes a defamation lawsuit in Denver filed by Eric Coomer, a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems. Coomer alleges that Lindell defamed him with false statements regarding the election being rigged against Trump. Recent developments have compounded the situation, with reports indicating that Lindell’s lawyer is under scrutiny for submitting a legal brief created using generative AI.
U.S. District Court Judge Nina Wang is investigating the circumstances under which Lindell’s lawyer, Christopher Kachouroff, filed a court brief containing numerous fabricated legal citations. The judge is seeking clarification from Kachouroff and another lawyer, Jennifer DeMaster, regarding how such unprofessional conduct occurred.
The brief submitted by Kachouroff reportedly contained nearly thirty significant errors, including non-existent case citations. Court documents reveal that Kachouroff repeatedly failed to explain why these inaccuracies were present, despite being given multiple opportunities to do so. Initially, Kachouroff attributed the errors to his own mistakes, claiming they were unintentional and not meant to mislead the court.
However, Kachouroff later admitted that the errors resulted from using a chatbot to generate the brief. He confessed that he did not verify the accuracy of the citations before filing the document with the court. Judge Wang has now set a deadline of May 5th for Kachouroff and DeMaster to provide an adequate explanation for this mishandling. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action for violating professional conduct rules. Attempts by Gizmodo to contact Kachouroff and DeMaster for comment were made.
