A federal appeals court on Wednesday unanimously decided to nullify Mike Lindell‘s $5 million payment to a software developer who sought to disprove the MyPillow CEO’s claims of foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election.

A three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled that an arbitration panel exceeded its authority in 2023 when it awarded $5 million to Robert Zeidman. Lindell offered the substantial prize at a 2021 “Cyber Symposium” event in South Dakota, where he challenged anyone to refute his data that alleged Chinese election interference in 2020.