Mike Lindell Says It's 'Disgusting' What's Happening to MyPillow

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Giulia Carbonaro is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on the U.S. economy, housing market, property insurance market, local and national politics. She has previously extensively covered U.S. and European politics. Giulia joined Newsweek in 2022 from CGTN Europe and had previously worked at the European Central Bank. She is a graduate in Broadcast Journalism from Nottingham Trent University and holds a Bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations from Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy. She speaks English, Italian, and a little French and Spanish. You can get in touch with Giulia by emailing: g.carbonaro@newsweek.com.

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Mike Lindell, the embattled CEO of MyPillow, said it's "disgusting" what's happening to his company, which risks losing "everything" because of his role in supporting debunked claims that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from Donald Trump.

Lindell, who was among the main people financing the former president's attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, is facing three defamation cases, brought by voting machine manufacturers Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, and by Eric Coomer, a former Dominion employee.

The voting machine manufacturers have argued that their reputations were significantly damaged by Lindell's claims, with Dominion seeking $1.3 billion.

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Mike Lindell attends a Donald Trump press conference on April 4, 2023. He described what's happening to his company as "disgusting." CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images

Talking on Real America's Voice last week, Lindell said MyPillow is an employee-owned company and that he "just happened to be the highest stockholder," adding that the lawsuits against him will ultimately hurt his staff.

"When these machine companies all came in and sued MyPillow for billions of dollars, these guys, you know, this is what they live on, their wages and their stock shares, and then they get sued because their CEO once helped secure elections and save our country," he said on October 26. "It's disgusting," he added.

A clip of the interview was shared by Ron Filipkowski of left-leaning news company MeidasTouch on X, formerly known as Twitter.

"Mike Lindell says MyPillow is an employee owned company, so it is horrible that they may lose everything they have worked for because he bought into Trump's election lies. But it's not his fault," Filipkowski wrote.

MyPillow is estimated to have had about 1,500 employees as of 2017, according to job seeking online platform Zippia. The company, founded in 2004 and focused on the sale of a special pillow filled with interlocking pieces of shredded foam, turned Lindell into a business magnate.

But Lindell's pillow empire is reportedly unraveling, as the businessman faces the expensive defamation cases, which have left him unable to pay his legal team for months, as he told Newsweek. In an interview published earlier this month, Lindell said he had "lost everything, every dime."

Newsweek contacted MyPillow for comment by email on Monday.

In previous interviews, Lindell said he was willing to lose everything, including MyPillow, to continue fighting against the voting manufacturers.

Speaking with Steve Bannon, a former senior adviser to Trump and now the host of the War Room podcast, Lindell recently vowed that he wouldn't settle with Dominion and Smartmatic and that he'd "never stop fighting no matter," while reiterating false claims about the 2020 election.

When asked by Bannon if he was willing to "take this to the bitter end even if it means the bankruptcy of MyPillow," Lindell responded: "We don't have a country if we don't win this. You know what—my employees, everybody understands that."

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Giulia Carbonaro is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on the U.S. economy, housing market, property insurance market, local and national politics. She has previously extensively covered U.S. and European politics. Giulia joined Newsweek in 2022 from CGTN Europe and had previously worked at the European Central Bank. She is a graduate in Broadcast Journalism from Nottingham Trent University and holds a Bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations from Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy. She speaks English, Italian, and a little French and Spanish. You can get in touch with Giulia by emailing: g.carbonaro@newsweek.com.

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