MyPillow CEO and staunch Trump ally Mike Lindell is heading to court this week.
Tomorrow, June 2nd, will mark the start of a two-week long defamation trial against Lindell.
Mike Lindell announced:
The trial is based upon a case filed by a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems who is accusing Mike Lindell of falsely claiming he rigged the 2020 election.
Scott MacFarlane reported:
In other words, it's yet another example of political persecution against those who side with President Trump. Who side with the truth.
Is it a good idea -- or a great idea?
"I'm going to testify!" Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and staunch Donald Trump ally, tells Rolling Stone. "Of course I'm gonna testify at my own trial! ... I have nothing to hide. I am a former crack addict, I've always been open about that. I've always been open about everything! I'm as transparent as they come ... So I have nothing to hide at this trial."
Lindell said he was calling from the Denver area ahead of his defamation trial in a federal courthouse, slated to begin in early June, and laid out some of his plans for taking the stand and what he intends to personally present to the court and jury.
The trial set to begin next week stems from a defamation lawsuit filed in 2022 by former Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer. Coomer alleges Lindell targeted him as part of his disinformation campaign, including by claiming "Eric, the Dominion guy" conspired to rig the election against Trump on an "Antifa conference call." The leadup to the trial has been fraught, with Lindell's lawyers admitting they used generative AI to file legal documents, and the judge slamming them for dozens of defective citations, including of legal cases that do not exist.
Lindell has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and speaks about his decision to testify as if it's a public good. "I didn't go into this haphazardly. I want to help this country," he tells Rolling Stone "I want these machines gone!"
Lindell has coined his defamation trial as the "trial of the century."
And, he's not wrong.
It's not just Mike Lindell and his character on trial here.
No, the case represents something much bigger. The trial will test the very claim that the 2020 election was, indeed, rigged.
Election integrity is on trial here.
Along with Mike Lindell, other star witnesses will include key figures in the push for honest and fair elections -- including Colorado Gold Star mother Tina Peters who was sent to jail for trying to get to the bottom of what really happened in the 2020 election.
Denver Gazette has more details on the witness list:
Coomer and Lindell are expected to take the stand during what is expected to be an adversarial two-week trial. The witness list is a who's who of Colorado election officials including embattled former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, Executive Director of the Colorado County Clerk's Association Matt Crane and former Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, according to court documents filed in April.
Lindell has spoken with President Trump to discuss Peters' release from her 9-year prison sentence for giving supporters of President Trump unauthorized access to the Mesa County election system in 2021 in an unsuccessful search for voter fraud.
Some of the testimony will revolve around the value of Coomer's character when he was the director of product strategy and security for Dominion Voting Systems. In addition, Coomer's psychiatrist will speak to his emotional suffering as a result of Lindell's media campaign, which Coomer claims labeled him as a traitor, the motion said.
Kurt Olsen, a former attorney for President Donald Trump and Lindell, is being called by both sides and will appear on a video feed, court documents said.
Olsen's role for the plaintiff is expected to be to reveal how speakers at the 2021 Cyber Symposium were coordinated. On the other hand, Lindell's attorneys will question him about how much he knew and whether he things Lindell intended to cause the damages Coomer alleges, according to court documents.
Other witnesses include the podcaster, Oltmann, and Chris Ruddy, the CEO of the conservative television network Newsmax, according to court documents.
Lindell's trial is going to be very interesting, to say the least.