MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell turned away from Republican governors convention

• Trump ally barred entry to dinner in Nashville
• Lindell faces defamation suit over baseless election claims

Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and loyal Donald Trump ally, has said he was turned away from a convention of Republican governors in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.

Lindell, who has been sued for defamation over his baseless claims that a company's voting machines stole the election from Trump for Joe Biden, was turned away as he attempted to go to a dinner at the Tennessee governor's mansion.