CHASKA, Minn. – Pillow manufacturer Mike Lindell acknowledged he’s financially broken by legal bills that are piling up as a result of his claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against his erstwhile buddy Donald Trump. The admission was on Lindell’s own South Dakota-based FrankSpeech web channel. Lindell had made millions of dollars since 2011 by promoting his MyPillow products to insomniac late at night on cable television channels and became a cult character. He expanded a factory in Chaska and hired hundreds of production workers to meet the demand. He bought a private jet and wrote a book about praising God and overcoming addictions. In 2016 became a major supporter of Trump for president. In the 2020 election when Trump lost the presidency, Lindell concocted elaborate conspiracy theories and claimed that voting machines had been rigged. Two voting machine manufacturers, Dominion and Systematic, sued for $1.3 billion and $1 billion. Lindell’s legal bills drained his fortune. Last week his attorneys abandoned him as a client because he was delinquent on his legal bills. Meanwhile, Walmart and other retailers had dropped MyPillow products rather than be associated with Lindell. In his new video on FrankSpeech, Lindell called himself a victim of “cancel culture.” He proclaimed thar he wasn’t done fighting: “I’m never going to stop trying to secure elections for this country ever.”
Lindell. In his high-flying days a sought-after speaker at right-wing events. This was at a prayer breakfast in Milwaukee in 2019.