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‘Dumber Than a Bag of Rocks’: How One Prank Caller Turned Mike Lindell’s Telethon Into Comedy Gold

CRANK-CALLING A CRANK

The Daily Beast spoke with the podcast host who duped the MyPillow CEO into thinking his pal Donald Trump was calling into his telethon.

Justin Baragona
Justin Baragona 

Senior Media Reporter

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Justin Baragona

Justin Baragona

Senior Media Reporter

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