Mike Lindell Chokes Up Telling Judge He Is Unable To Pay Smartmatic: ‘I’m in Ruins… Nobody Will Lend Me Any Money’
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Lindell was ordered to pay sanctions to Smartmatic, which sued him for defamation in 2022 over his baseless claims the company helped rig the 2020 election.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell broke down in court this week, telling a judge he has no money left to pay the sanctions imposed against him in a defamation case brought by voting technology company Smartmatic.

“I’m in ruins,” Lindell said tearfully during a virtual hearing before U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols on Wednesday, according to a report from ABC News. “I borrowed everything I can. Nobody will lend me any money anymore.”

Lindell was ordered to pay $56,369 in sanctions to Smartmatic, which sued him for defamation in 2022 over his baseless claims that the company helped rig the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    56k is worth tears to this rich nazi* pillow fluffer?

    With the company that had 1,500 employees and bought “an average of $1 million in ads per week on Fox”?

    *the nazi thing:

    On September 20, 2024, MyPillow posted an advertisement on X (formerly Twitter) for a sale on their classic pillow. The sale price was $14.88, which critics have noted is a common Nazi dog whistle known as the Fourteen Words. Numerous white supremacist accounts praised MyPillow and Mike Lindell in response. Lindell has denied that there was any hidden meaning behind the price, calling it a media hit job.

    wiki/My_Pillow#Other_controversies