A ‘teary’ Mike Lindell told a judge he doesn’t even have 5 cents to his name and cannot pay a court-ordered fine
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Donald Trump supporter
and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell sobbed to a judge that he is “in ruins” and cannot pay a court-ordered $50,000 fine.
Lindell has been ordered to pay voting software company Smartmatic the hefty fine over false claims he made about the company flipping the 2020 election for Joe Biden. It is one of a number of lawsuits Lindell faces over false election claims.
Now the
troubled CEO claims that he doesn’t even have 5 cents left to pay the company the $56,396 he owes.
“I borrowed everything I can. Nobody will lend me any money anymore. I can't turn back time... but I will tell you, I don’t have any money,” Lindell, who was described as being “teary” by
ABC News, said while appearing via Zoom Wednesday at the hearing in a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
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Lindell also claimed he and his company owe more than $70m in back payments to the IRS.
Nicholas ruled that Lindell must prove the claims and gave him until Friday to provide documents.
“I have nothing to hide,” Lindell said.
Lindell is facing lawsuits in D.C. and Minnesota over his false election claims.
Dominion Voting Systems is seeking
$1.3bn in a defamation lawsuit against him.