The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell's requests for a recount in his party's primary.

Lindell, a longtime 2020 election denier, previously said he would pay $825,000 to cover a full hand recount of his lost GOP gubernatorial primary in Minnesota.

The chief justice said Lindell's claim "fails on the merits” and wrote that he seemed not to understand the purpose of a recount.