Judge Warns Mike Lindell to Stop Posting About and Discussing Defamation Trial on Social Media

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Source: MEDIAite

Jun 4th, 2025, 1:49 pm


MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was warned by the judge presiding over his defamation trial to stop discussing the proceedings on social media. “I am concerned not only about the tainting of potential witnesses, but I’m concerned about preserving a fair and unbiased jury,” U.S. District Court Judge Nina Wang told Lindell on Wednesday morning, according to Denver’s NBC affiliate 9News.

Eric Coomer, a former director with Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, is suing Lindell for defamation based on the MAGA star’s repeated false claims that Dominion Voting Systems were used to rig the 2020 presidential election in former President Joe Biden’s favor. Lindell even released a movie about his conspiracy theories in 2021 called Absolute Proof. He was sued for defamation in 2022.

A court order issued on May 20 prohibits real-time reporting from the trial, something Lindell has been doing through his Lindell TV outlet. Lawyers for the plaintiff informed the court that on June 3, Lindell posted to his X account during the trial multiple times. Lindell has also been talking to media outside the courthouse.

“I will have my phone off in court,” Lindell told the judge on Wednesday. “That would be a great idea,” she said. Lindell only faced a verbal warning over his conduct, but he could face sanctions if he continues to post about his ongoing trial.

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[cab67]

1. poisoning the potential jury pool is probably the point.

This would increase the possibility that an impartial jury can't be empaneled in the first place.

That, and he never seems to know when it's smart to shut his yap.

[Bluetus]

3. He is financially backrupt anyway

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He is a deadbeat. He owes millions.
https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/2025/04/18/mypillow-founder-mike-lindell-says-he-has-no-money-due-to-legal-fights/83159866007/

[yourout]

4. That's too bad..

😁

[Bluetus]

6. But it means he is able to get away with anything, as long as it is a civil penalty

That means the court can impose a fine and he can simply say "Get in line. I'm never paying any of those judgments."

The things he has been doing need criminal penalties. It is amazing how people like this can manipulate the legal system to stay out of prison, even on drug charges.

[cab67]

7. Is that true for punitive damages?

[Bluetus]

8. I believe so. I'm not a lawyer

but my understanding is that the only thing a civil court can do is jail for contempt, and that almost never happens. I don't think that contempt applies to failure to pay. I think that would have to go to another court to enforce the judgment, and he'll use bankruptcy as a sword rather than a shield.

[cab67]

9. also not a lawyer -

- but my understanding (which could easily be wrong) is that bankruptcy can block actual damages, but not punitive damages; and that wages can be garnished to cover these obligations.

[Bluetus]

10. Pillow guy has no wages

He's not on a payroll. There is nothing to garnish. He may have some hidden assets, but I think that the creditors first have to get their judgment, and then they'd have to chase him through bankruptcy court.

Admittedly, neither of us has the legal BG to know for sure. Perhaps somebody with specific expertise can clarify.

[malthaussen]

2. Are these judges ever going to stop "warning" people and instead throw them in jail for contempt?

Don't they know the rest of us view them as weak and ineffectual when they just wave their fingers aimlessly?

-- Mal

[Bluetus]

11. No. Because they don't want to end the myth that they actually have some authority.

As soon as they try to use real teeth, they fear that this will be the final revelation that our courts actually have no authority if faced with an executive branch that simply ignores them. Nobody at any level of the judicial system, ESPECIALLY the SCOTUS, wants to see that exposed because that is the end of the line for their erstwhile power.

[xuplate]

5. Some people just suck up all the oxygen in the judicial system.