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brooklynite

(94,591 posts)
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 01:30 AM Feb 24

Mike Lindell Says He Has No Money After Being Ordered to Pay $5 Million

Source: Newsweek

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Donald Trump ally who, without evidence, has said widespread voter fraud put Joe Biden in the White House in 2020, said he plans to appeal a $5 million ruling against him.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim upheld an April 2023 ruling that requires Lindell to pay computer forensics expert Robert Ziedman $5 million, who debunked his 2020 election data. Lindell maintains the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump and has spent $40 million in his efforts to prove it.

After the ruling, Lindell told War Room podcast host Steve Bannon that he will appeal the decision and that Zeidman won't "see a dime."

"I don't have any money," Lindell told NBC News after the ruling. "I have a pickup truck and a house that I live in. That's it."


Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-reveals-he-has-only-10000-his-name-1872611



Maybe he could start a business?
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Mike Lindell Says He Has No Money After Being Ordered to Pay $5 Million (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 24 OP
Cry me a river. Doesn't he still have the Dominion lawsuit ? Deuxcents Feb 24 #1
Making crappy pillows stuffed with scrap foam rubber? marble falls Feb 24 #2
To a guy like Lindell, Rudy G, or trump, financial ruin is devastating. I enjoy watching. Silent Type Feb 24 #3
Me, too PJMcK Feb 24 #17
Michael will share with you ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 24 #42
Where's my teeny tiny violin 🎻? live love laugh Feb 24 #4
At Mitt Romney's Republican Convention speech he said that the American Dream was having your own.... EarnestPutz Feb 24 #5
Maybe he needs new products, new partners keithbvadu2 Feb 24 #6
I wonder what a pillow factory is worth jmowreader Feb 24 #7
Guess he still has a pillow to cry himself to sleep with each night . . . Journeyman Feb 24 #8
"Ziedman won't see a dime" ArizonaLib Feb 24 #9
What kind of financial values NJCher Feb 24 #10
Their delusions baffle me PJMcK Feb 24 #18
I think Lindell is a true believer. mike_c Feb 24 #37
Hashtag ETTD ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 24 #43
I guess there are lots of things... dchill Feb 24 #27
If he has no money Old Crank Feb 24 #11
stupid asshole had the perfect con going Skittles Feb 24 #12
"Thanks for the pickup truck, the house, and the garnished wages, crack head." AnrothElf Feb 24 #13
Everything Pendejo45 touches dies, you'd think Lindell would have known that ... aggiesal Feb 24 #14
Get a job loser and stop eating avacado toast. twodogsbarking Feb 24 #15
Yeah, well. Boo-fucking-hoo. Paladin Feb 24 #16
That find out phase isn't working out so well, huh? SKKY Feb 24 #19
I have heard foam rubber pillows can mop up a lot of tears. appleannie1 Feb 24 #20
Well ain't that a hoot. He still has the money to advertise his crap on television. Firestorm49 Feb 24 #21
Yeah, he's completely full of it. ificandream Feb 24 #22
Exactly Rebl2 Feb 24 #25
I haven't seen his ads locally in a few months ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 24 #44
Play stupid games --- 3Hotdogs Feb 24 #23
Maybe he can start a new business selling bootstraps. Demnation Feb 24 #24
Spent 40 million trying to prove a negative. dchill Feb 24 #26
The house should kick him out. LiberalFighter Feb 24 #28
Correction, Mike. The guy you owe the $5 million to now has a pickup truck and a house. Vinca Feb 24 #29
They can't take a homestead or... CCExile Feb 24 #33
Musical responses to the loser; Chainfire Feb 24 #30
Isn't he covered under Presidential immunity protection? Chainfire Feb 24 #31
He is such a liar! TexasBushwhacker Feb 24 #32
This judgement will be final soon and will be enforced against this idiot LetMyPeopleVote Feb 24 #34
Play stupid games Mz Pip Feb 24 #35
Imagine being Lindell... EarthFirst Feb 24 #36
He said he has a truck and a house so start by taking those.... ZonkerHarris Feb 24 #38
As Gilbert and Sullivan (and I) put it: DFW Feb 24 #39
liquidate /lĭk′wĭ-dāt″/ jvill Feb 24 #40
Time for a new product line, Mike. LudwigPastorius Feb 24 #41

EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts)
5. At Mitt Romney's Republican Convention speech he said that the American Dream was having your own....
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 01:50 AM
Feb 24

…..business. He said it twice, actually. Poor Mike had the gold ring, albeit by selling schlock to the rubes, but now it’s gone. Cheer up Mikey. There’s a sucker born every minute.

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
7. I wonder what a pillow factory is worth
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 02:19 AM
Feb 24

Probably not $5MM but if I was Ziedman I’d be like “give me your business and we’ll call it good.” I wonder how much it would cost to install a pillow form molding line in that place so the pillows it makes aren’t so bad.

Journeyman

(15,036 posts)
8. Guess he still has a pillow to cry himself to sleep with each night . . .
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 02:27 AM
Feb 24

play stupid games, lose a stupid fortune

ArizonaLib

(1,242 posts)
9. "Ziedman won't see a dime"
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 02:55 AM
Feb 24

I am sure when Ziedman's attorney repeats this "promise" the judge will ensure Lindell won't see his truck or his house anymore.

NJCher

(35,684 posts)
10. What kind of financial values
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 03:13 AM
Feb 24

Does he have for spending $40 million on “election fraud.” What a sucker.

The whole r-w thing is a scam. They scam each other, they scam the media, it’s all just this make believe play world they live in. Who could stand to live like this?

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
18. Their delusions baffle me
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 09:53 AM
Feb 24

We all live in the real world where facts exist. How do these people twist their brains into believing such obvious garbage?

Did Giuliani, Lindell, Powell or any of the rest really believe the stupid lies they were spouting? If they did, they are seriously in need of mental healthcare. If they were just lying, they need to be prosecuted and sued which seems to be their futures.

I’m also amazed and dismayed at how many of Trump’s enablers were lawyers! Their crimes were blatant and their hubris and self-righteousness was stunning. Trump’s manipulations of our legal systems has been violently malicious and it’s gratifying to see him keep losing every court case.

All of these criminal insurrectionists need to be held to account. I feel those results are coming.

mike_c

(36,281 posts)
37. I think Lindell is a true believer.
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 02:26 PM
Feb 24

I don't think he's very smart. I mean, he impoverished himself with great gusto, tagging along with tfg's campaign entourage and serving as a faithfully useful moron with deep, but ultimately finite pockets. TFG hollowed him out and sucked him dry, just like he did to Rudy G. Destroying lives is TFG's super power.

Old Crank

(3,589 posts)
11. If he has no money
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 04:27 AM
Feb 24

How will he get a lawyer?
He can act as his own lawyer.......

The liar now gets to pay for his mistskes. He should have stuck to hawking over priced pillows.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
12. stupid asshole had the perfect con going
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 04:28 AM
Feb 24

convincing people that his pillows - something EVERYONE USES - were special.......but then he hitched his wagon to Donald Fucking Trump ---- IDIOT!!!

aggiesal

(8,916 posts)
14. Everything Pendejo45 touches dies, you'd think Lindell would have known that ...
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 04:38 AM
Feb 24

He brought this on himself.

SKKY

(11,811 posts)
19. That find out phase isn't working out so well, huh?
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 10:31 AM
Feb 24

Pillow guy, the Kraken, Rudy. Misery loves company, no?

Rebl2

(13,521 posts)
25. Exactly
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 12:16 PM
Feb 24

If he can advertise his pillows, he’s got money stuffed away somewhere. Maybe a pillow or pillow case?

CCExile

(469 posts)
33. They can't take a homestead or...
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 01:53 PM
Feb 24

a sole means of transport, but a mortgage and finance company can. Are those two thing paid off?

Chainfire

(17,549 posts)
30. Musical responses to the loser;
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 01:28 PM
Feb 24
If you want it here it is, come and get it.... A fool and his money...

He made enough money to buy Miami and pissed it away so fast...


Well, I went to my brother to ask for a loan 'cause I was busted...

In language from my military service days, "Old Mike shit in his mess kit."

I really feel sorry for the man; bless his heart.

Chainfire

(17,549 posts)
31. Isn't he covered under Presidential immunity protection?
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 01:35 PM
Feb 24

Someone needs to tell the judge.

Poor Mike, his defense that everyone should have know he was a liar and a blow-hard didn't work out for him.

Mz Pip

(27,449 posts)
35. Play stupid games
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 02:02 PM
Feb 24

Win stupid prizes.

The guy went from one bad addiction to another. Trump is worse than crack.

EarthFirst

(2,900 posts)
36. Imagine being Lindell...
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 02:06 PM
Feb 24

…spending tens of millions on ‘the steal’ on behalf of TFG; believing that you’d even had a shot at that coveted inner circle.

You spent 40 million that Trump gladly allowed you to spend that he otherwise wouldn’t have had access to…

You sir; are effectively known as a useful idiot.

You were going to end up broke and destitute regardless…

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