Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza has apologized to a metro Atlanta man who brought a lawsuit after he was falsely identified as a possible ballot harvester in D’Souza’s film alleging widespread fraud in the 2020 election, “2000 Mules.”
D’Souza posted the apology to his website, directed toward Mark Andrews of Gwinnett County.
The Associated Press reported roughly two years ago that Andrews was shown in the film with his face blurred depositing five ballots in a Lawrenceville drop box.
A voiceover by D’Souza said: “What you are seeing is a crime. These are fraudulent votes.” In fact, a state investigation found, Andrews was dropping off ballots for himself, his wife and their three adult children, who all live at the same address. This is legal in Georgia and a state investigator said there was no evidence of wrongdoing.
Andrews filed a federal lawsuit in late 2022. The film’s publisher, Salem Media Group, issued an apology statement earlier this year, at which time the case was still ongoing. Salem said at that time it was removing “2000 Mules” from its platforms and would not further distribute it.
D’Souza’s apology references the lawsuit and says, “I owe this individual, Mark Andrews, an apology.”
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