'We apologize': Publisher vows to stop selling debunked election conspiracy film

Publishers of right-wing activist Dinesh D'Souza's debunked election fraud book and film will stop distributing "2,000 mules" and have issued a public apology to the Georgia man it falsely accused of voting illegally.

Salem Media issued a press release Friday apologizing to Mark Andrews, the voter suing D'Souza, his publisher, and a conservative nonprofit called True the Vote which provided election fraud "research" without the evidence to back it.

"It was never our intent that the publication of the 2000 Mules film and book would harm Mr. Andrews," the statement reads. "We apologize for the hurt the inclusion of Mr. Andrews’ image in the movie, book, and promotional materials have caused Mr. Andrews and his family."

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Salem Media shifts much of the responsibility onto the conservative activist and nonprofit they say they counted on to deliver reliable facts.

"We relied on representations made to us by Dinesh D’Souza and True the Vote...that the individuals depicted in the videos provided to us by TTV, including Mr. Andrews, illegally deposited ballots," Salem Media's statement reads.

"We have learned that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has cleared Mr. Andrews of illegal voting activity in connection with the event depicted in 2000 Mules."

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The film has been removed from Salem platforms and neither the book nor the film will be distributed again in future, according to the statement.

D'Souza's "documentary" became one of the leading disseminators of baseless election fraud claims in 2022 when it was screened in more than 270 theaters nationwide, the Associated Press reported at the time.

The film, which relied on a flawed analysis of cellphone data and surveillance footage, was praised by former President Donald Trump at the time for exposing “great election fraud," the report noted.

Earlier this year, True the Vote admitted to a Georgia judge that it did not have evidence to support its claims.

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