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Former Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz is advising MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in Dominion defamation suit, says his role is ‘extremely limited’

  • Alan Dershowitz is advising lawyers for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.3 billion defamation suit against him.
  • Dershowitz told CNBC that he is playing a minor role in the proceedings.
  • Dominion has filed defamation lawsuits against Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell.

My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell walks out ahead of President Donald J. Trump to speak with members of the coronavirus task force and reporters during a briefing in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic from the Rose Garden at the White House on Monday, March 30, 2020 in Washington, DC.Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images

Former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz is advising lawyers for MyPillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell in the $1.3 billion defamation suit brought against him by Dominion Voting Systems.

But Dershowitz, the famed free speech advocate and one-time impeachment lawyer for former President Donald Trump, insists that he's merely playing a bit part in the proceedings.

"My role is extremely limited," Dershowitz told CNBC on Tuesday in a phone call.

Dershowitz maintained that he is "not representing either Lindell or MyPillow," and that he is only offering advice on the First Amendment issues surrounding the case.

Those remarks run counter to the impression given by Lindell, who called Dershowitz "part of the team" just a day earlier.

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"I've got probably over 12 attorneys now, including Alan Dershowitz," Lindell said Monday in a radio interview. "He came on board because he believes this is going to be the biggest First Amendment lawsuit in history."

Lindell made a similar claim in a separate interview Monday morning with ex-Trump advisor Steve Bannon.

"He's one of a team of lawyers," Lindell said of Dershowitz on Bannon's podcast, Mediaite reported.

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