Previously, Dominion sued Lindell for $1.6 billion for defamation after Lindell made negative comments about the voting system following the 2020 election. The Lindell lawuit is "littered with ominous-sounding quotes from sci-fi dystopian fiction like the Terminator franchise—one section of the 80-page suit is dubbed ‘Rise of the Machines’—1984, Shakespeare, and Fahrenheit 451,” according to the article.