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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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[-] krayj@sh.itjust.works 208 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bullshit. He's not 'out of money'...he's 'out of the money he's willing to part with'. Big difference.

They need to find his secret stashes of cash and make sure it goes to the people he owes.

[-] clif@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago
[-] Gruntyfish@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

There's always money in the pillow stand.

[-] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 5 points 1 year ago

It's a Lumpy pillow Michael, how much could it possibly cost? $79.98?

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

His pillows are shit, they're fucking terrible.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Probably due to being filled with money

[-] Zirconium@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

You would think governments would print more comfortable bills

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It is the immigrants fault

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Everything is the immigrants' fault ... like they forced pillow dick to be stupid and the banks to raise interest rates. 🙄

[-] OctopusKurwa@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

For crack ?

[-] spider@lemmy.nz 13 points 1 year ago

He's not 'out of money'…he's 'out of the money he's willing to part with'.

...or out of the money that hasn't been offshored.

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 118 points 1 year ago

He's lying. Rich people don't ever go broke.

[-] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

He's not that rich. He was worth like $40 million at his height, he's being sued by dominion for $1.2 billion, and I think there's a second similiar lawsuit in the works. He's fucked.

[-] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Lol imagine getting sued for 1.2 billion... like fuck, my great great great grandchildren still wouldn't have that paid off

[-] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

That one lawsuit is like 4x the value of his company, if you've been itching to get a mypillow better hurry while they're still available

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Rich people don’t ever go broke.

Their bones can.

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 6 points 1 year ago

My money's on an incoming fundraiser or emergency batch of pillows for extra money to support "the cause."

[-] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It’s such a bummer this is true. This fucking country

[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year ago

Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Easy.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

To be fair, he did manage to build himself up from rock bottom.

[-] CassowaryTom@lemmy.one 14 points 1 year ago

True that. He is an attention whore and a cultist. He also has more business savvy than most.

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why do the rich have a very different definition of "out of money"? To us pesents, out of money means being homeless on the streets and going off of food stamps. A fate I wish he ended up in, and what he should end up in.

[-] rthmchgs@lemmynsfw.com 48 points 1 year ago

This seems like capitalism at work.

[-] root_beer@midwest.social 38 points 1 year ago

I won’t believe it until the Audi he’s driving in the photo is replaced with a Ford Tempo that he’s borrowing from his roommate at the flophouse he has to live in, scraping by by selling junk through an MLM scheme because that’s what’s most apropos for him, the boot-licking Paul Bearer-ass-looking motherfucker

[-] gornar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Stop, I can only get so aroused!

[-] ech@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

"Oh no! I'm out of money! Guess you'll have to stop suing me" *shrug*

[-] s20@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago
[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

The definition of "cancel culture" has been spread so thin by conservatives that this guy thinks that throwing away all his money into a volcano of easily proven lies is "getting cancelled"

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I'm out of money says the guy wearing a $5000 suit and a gold ring while driving an Audi.

[-] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago

It's obvious this guy fried his brian on drugs and religion.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

This is the life.

This is the Life of Brian.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Seems convenient.

[-] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Tickle my pickle and I'll give ya a nickel... just ask uncle Donny for some paper

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

In spanish thats pronounced "Adios motherfucker"

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy.

Oh wait, Trump exists.

[-] DigitalTraveler42@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Sounds like he's going to owe more legal bills.

[-] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Consequence culture claims another victim. Go woke or go broke!

[-] malloc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Good. Tired of hearing about this dumb fuck. Hope he just fades into the abyss.

[-] DTFpanda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I too can confirm I am out of money

[-] bappity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

this is fantastic news!

[-] hoanbridgetroll@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Oh no! Anyway…

[-] Hiuhokiguess@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

This guy has to be a secret crack head. Like Billy Mays, but in smokable form.

[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh no, anyway

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