Donald Trump supporter and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell sobbed a judge that he is “in ruins” and cannot pay a judicial fine of $ 50,000.
Lindell has been instructed to pay voting software company Smartmatic, the hefty fine about false claims he made about the company that turned the 2020 elections for Joe Biden. It is one of a number of lawsuits that Lindell is confronted with false election claims.
Now the troubled CEO claims that he does not even have 5 cents left to pay the company the $ 56,396 that he owes.
“I have borrowed everything I can. Nobody will borrow more money more. I can't turn the time back … but I will tell you, I have no money,” said Lindell, who was described as “Teary” by ABC News, which appeared on Wednesday through Zoom during the hearing in an American district court in Washington, DC, DC,
Mike Lindell, CEO of Troubled MyPillow, claims that he cannot afford to pay a fine of $ 50,000. Lindell was described as 'tears' while he appeared via Zoom during a hearing Wednesday. (Getty Images)
“I'm in ruins,” he added. “I don't have $ 5,000 or 5 cents,” Lindell told Judge Carl Nichols and asked for more time to pay the fine.
He claimed that he has “nothing” except for two houses that are wound up and a truck. The Maga -loyalist was recently forced to dismiss hundreds of MyPillow employees as a result of his financial problems, the court heard.
Lindell also claimed that he and his company were more than $ 70 million in back payments to the IRS.
Nicholas ruled that Lindell had to prove the claims and gave him until Friday to provide documents.
“I have nothing to hide,” said Lindell.
Lindell is confronted with lawsuits in DC and Minnesota about his false election claims. Dominion Voting Systems is looking for $ 1.3 billion in a convenient procedure against him.
Last month, Lindell was thought before the court for not handing over financial documents and other discovery material in the SmartMatic conference procedure.
“We didn't stop anything. This is all corruption,” Lindell told earlier The independent. “They want me to stop talking about our election platforms. They will not silence myself. I will continue until we are by the hand of the paper ballot papers and melt these machines down and turn them into prison bars.”
