The Gateway Pundit has been following the Coomer v. Lindell defamation trial taking place in federal court in Colorado.
Thus far, we have reviewed the Order on Motions in Limine, the opening statements, and Eric Coomer’s testimony for his own case (he is also listed as a witness for the defense’s case).
Coomer, the former Director of Product Strategy and Security for Dominion Voting Systems, alleges that Mike Lindell defamed him following the 2020 election by claiming that Coomer rigged the election and allegedly admitted to it on an Antifa call before the election had taken place.
The latter allegation was first made by Joe Oltmann, a former tech executive and the host of the Conservative Daily Podcast (now Untamed Media), who claimed that “Eric from Dominion” said, “Trump won’t win. I made f***ing sure of it.”
You can catch up with the case by reading these articles from The Gateway Pundit here and here.
On Thursday, Matt Crane testified on Coomer’s behalf. Crane is the Executive Director of the Colorado County Clerks Association.
According to the pretrial order, Crane was called to “testify about Colorado election integrity issues, his experiences with Coomer and DVS, and the impact that false fraud claims have on election workers, including Coomer.”
According to the Colorado Free Press:
Crane and Coomer are good friends, and sources in the court told me that he (1) admitted he was invested in the outcome of the case, (2) struggled with answers about his wife and Coomer’s relationship (they were colleagues at DVS), and (3) alleged that the risk limiting audit was a security measure that ensured voters could trust the 2020 elections — but didn’t know that only four states were using RLAs in 2020… and he said that.
“He looked like a fool in front of the jury,” a witness to the cross-examination told me. Apparently, Lindell’s attorneys also made Crane read Coomer’s #UnTrumpMe Facebook posts in response to assertions that he was respected and professional until “The Big Lie.” The post was published in 2016, and Coomer and Crane are friends on Facebook as well as in real life.
The #UnTrumpMe post is the furthest to the right:
Coomer’s attorneys also filed a notice alleging that Lindell was non-compliant with the media order.
During lunch, Lindell spoke with the press and was posting to his X account @realmikelindell during the trial. According to Recht Kornfeld, P.C. investigator Brion Ludvigson, “Mr. Lindell posted on June 3rd at 9:21 am (2 posts), 11:20 am (2 posts), 1:19pm, 2:17pm, and 2:20pm.”
According to the filing, which has not been ruled on as of writing, they called for “civil contempt sanctions, or…penalties designed to compel future compliance with a court order.”
During a bathroom break, it was also learned that Crane, while still under oath and in the middle of his testimony, was reportedly in a room with Coomer and his attorney, which is generally not allowed. This was addressed on the record following court reconvening.
According to defense counsel, it’s not necessarily illegal, but it is not a good look.
This morning on Badlands Daily (Badlands Media on Rumble), we got an update from @AsheinAmerica regarding the Coomer v Lindell trial in Colorado.
Matt Crane testified yesterday. Today, Joe Oltmann will be testifying and Ashe will have a (delayed) X thread on the testimony! pic.twitter.com/1s6nNeLJAS
— CannCon (@CannConActual) June 5, 2025
They began the morning by playing Harri Hursti’s deposition video. Joe Oltmann was expected to testify on Friday as well.
Hursti, a Finnish-born dual citizen (Finland/U.S.) with a high school degree stated as his highest education, explained through clips from the deposition his experience analyzing Packet Captures (PCAPs). He also served as an expert witness in the Curling v Raffensperger trial that The Gateway Pundit covered in January 2024.
During questioning about mis-, dis-, and malinformation, Hursti seemed more concerned with misinformation than actual vulnerabilities, according to reporting from Ashe Epp. She posted, “Nation state attackers motivated by ideology and sowing distrust were bigger threat[s] than election vulnerabilities” with a motivation to sow distrust in society.
Regarding the Mesa County forensic images taken at the order of then-Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, Hursti said, “I’m not a lawyer but I would say [they were] illegal obtained images.”
Hursti attended Lindell’s 2021 Cyber Symposium on behalf of CNN as an analyst. The event had a $5 million reward for anyone who could prove the PCAP files were not from the 2020 election, however, Hursti said the terms kept changing. Ultimately, Hursti and the other analysts all agreed that the files presented were not PCAPs, but rather Hex dumps.
For more on Hursti’s deposition, including his interactions with Josh Merritt (Spyder), Colonel Phil Waldron, his opinion of Seth Keshel’s data and more, follow the thread below throughout the day:
Jury enters and is seated. Plaintiff calls Harri Hursti (video deposition). Hursti is from Finland (dual citizen US and EU), highest degree is high school. Self taught in tech, software development, etc. Runs through his background.
— Ashe in America (@AsheinAmerica) June 5, 2025
The Gateway Pundit will continue to update as the trial progresses.
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