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”2000 Mules” was the “documentary” film produced by Dinesh D’Souza which claimed that the 2020 election was stolen because Democrats hired hoards of people to harvest ballots and turn them in and, well, you know the story. The effort was cofinanced by Salem Media settled out of court in 2024, but Mark Andrews, a Georgia voter sued when film of him dropping off his family’s ballots (permitted under Georgia Law) was used.
Today the producers of the film settled on the eve of their Federal trial.
‘2000 Mules’ maker settles defamation case with Gwinnett man on eve of trial
Mark Andrews sued Dinesh D’Souza after movie falsely portrayed him ‘harvesting’ ballots for 2020 presidential election. Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a Gwinnett County man in 2022, avoiding a trial that was set to begin Monday in federal court in Atlanta.
The settlement, details of which were not disclosed, ends a yearslong legal battle for Mark Andrews, an auditor from Gwinnett, falsely portrayed in the movie “2000 Mules” as a “ballot mule.”
ajc.com - Filmmaker dinesh dsouza settles defamation case with gwinnett man on eve of trialSettlement has not been released, but I’ll bet it was more than just “Oh, sorry. Legitimate mistake”.