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[News] Election denier and 'MyPillow Guy' Mike Lindell confirms he's out of money, can't pay legal bills (apnews.com)

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys who’ve been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are seeking court permission to quit, saying he owes them unspecified millions of dollars and can’t pay the millions more that he’ll owe in legal expenses going forward.

Lindell confirmed in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday that he’s out of money and said he understands his lawyers are people who need to make a living.

Attorney Andrew Parker wrote in documents filed in federal court on Thursday that his firm and a second firm representing MyPillow in lawsuits by Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems can’t afford what it would cost to represent Lindell and MyPillow through the rest of the litigation. Continuing to defend him would put the firms “in serious financial risk,” he wrote.

It’s the latest in a string of legal and financial setbacks for Lindell, who propagates former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him, in part by rigged voting machine systems. Several big-box retailers, including Walmart, have discontinued his products.

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[–] rigatti 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Out of money in a real person way or an Alex Jones way?

[–] superduperenigma 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's my question. Alex Jones spent more in a month than most people make in a year and was still in the process of declaring bankruptcy. Same with the Sacklers pulling some bullshit bankruptcy scheme to avoid paying the settlement for their manufactured drug epidemic.

Always be skeptical when connected people "run out of money." Far too often it simply means they're weaseling their way out of kind of financial consequences.