'I'm going to be turning it in': Mike Lindell's answer to FedEx's 'fraud' claim reveals how Trump WH slush fund could solve MyPillow's 'hundreds of millions' in losses

As helium faces idiosyncratic liabilities steep capable to assertion a "negative $18.7 cardinal nett worth," starring predetermination conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell says helium intends to marque the lawsuit that MyPillow deserves a stock of the Trump White House's $1.776 cardinal alleged "anti-weaponization" slush fund.

During a telephone telephone connected Thursday, Law&Crime asked Lindell straight whether helium had oregon would record a claim, however overmuch wealth helium mightiness seek, and whether those funds mightiness yet beryllium utilized to assistance resoluteness his fiscal woes.

At this time, nary 1 knows what volition hap with the "settlement" fund. Various plaintiffs person already filed suit to block the Trump administration from making immoderate payments. As questions astir their lasting to writer abound, Republican senators have reportedly expressed outrage astatine the thought of paying rioters who responded to President Donald Trump's stolen predetermination falsehoods by attacking cops connected Jan. 6.

But if Congress does not enactment to artifact the money done authorities oregon different means, and determination really isn't anything stopping the fund, what would it mean for Lindell oregon his company?

In reply to our archetypal question, Lindell said "I'm going to beryllium turning it successful sooner than later," and that the assertion would beryllium connected behalf of MyPillow, which helium called the "most attacked institution ever by our government."

"I'm conscionable 1 of the stockholders," helium said. "It's an employee-owned company, and they've mislaid — immoderate of them person mislaid everything they've worked hard for, for 15, 20 years. They've mislaid everything."

"My employees, I person Democrats, liberals, conservatives, each walks of life. They had thing to bash with maine lasting up for our elections and trying to get escaped of voting machines," helium added.

As to the imaginable compensation claim, Law&Crime asked Lindell astir a $400 cardinal MyPillow nonaccomplishment estimation that appeared successful a CNN report and was attributed to him.

Lindell explained that an SF-95 signifier and tort claim were filed with the Trump medication successful the fall. He said auditors concluded the corporate harm caused by boycotts and the "debanking" of MyPillow was estimated astatine $350 cardinal to $600 million.

"That's marque harm too, but it's successful the hundreds of millions, conscionable straight mislaid successful income of sales," Lindell claimed.

Then helium said thing that caught our attention. Lindell traced MyPillow's losses to Arctic Frost, the DOJ probe of backing down Jan. 6, which led to peculiar counsel Jack Smith's investigation.

"Remember erstwhile they took my telephone successful a Hardee's restaurant?" helium asked. "That was portion of Arctic Frost."

A caller tribunal filing shed much airy connected what Lindell meant by that and what it whitethorn mean for MyPillow, should the caller slush money stand.

FedEx has been trying to collect much than $2 cardinal from Lindell personally successful New York, arsenic portion of an effort to enforce a default judgement successful Tennessee that a twelvemonth earlier went against some Lindell and MyPillow — to the tune of astir $9 cardinal — successful an unpaid shipping-debts dispute.

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The institution alleged that Lindell made mendacious promises to wage the indebtedness truthful MyPillow would beryllium allowed to proceed "shipping connected credit."

Pushing backmost successful court, Lindell denied knowingly making mendacious statements and claimed to person discovered that MyPillow's at-one-time "inexplicable fiscal reversals" were "triggered arsenic a effect of Operation Arctic Frost, which had targeted My Pillow."

"Lindell understands that FedEx alleges that Lindell knew helium was making mendacious statements astir assorted imaginable fiscal options erstwhile Lindell mentioned them to FedEx. That is not true. At the clip Lindell made assorted statements to FedEx, Lindell successful bully religion believed them to beryllium true," tribunal documents said. "Furthermore, Arctic Frost, Lindell present knows, precluded My Pillow oregon Lindell from obtaining loans oregon accessing different fiscal opportunities, including those Lindell discussed with FedEx."

"Lindell further contends that Arctic Frost whitethorn good person destroyed immoderate anticipation of obtaining loans relied connected by FedEx arsenic good arsenic different aboriginal events connected which FedEx bases its fraud claim," the filing went on.

Lindell argued the full FedEx postulation enactment hinged connected the "presumed validity" of the Volunteer State default judgement — a lawsuit helium "never read" and claims helium was ne'er decently served.

The filing recounted an occurrence from astir 1 twelvemonth ago, erstwhile Lindell said helium was served chartless papers portion warring erstwhile Dominion Voting Systems worker Eric Coomer's national lawsuit successful Colorado. Lindell was recovered liable for defaming Coomer, falsely accusing him of playing a relation successful flipping the 2020 predetermination from Trump to Joe Biden.

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Lindell claims helium was truthful focused connected that lawsuit that helium has nary thought what happened to documents helium was handed, but which helium "never read."

"In June of 2025, idiosyncratic handed Lindell what FedEx claims was its First Amended Complaint successful this case. At that time, Lindell was successful Colorado successful the midst of a contentious national assemblage trial. When the idiosyncratic approached Lindell, Lindell was retired successful the courthouse hallway during a respective infinitesimal break. Lindell was 1 of the defendants successful that proceedings and the plaintiff was seeking millions of dollars from different suspect and Lindell. Lindell was focused solely connected that ongoing national assemblage trial. Lindell hardly registered that idiosyncratic had handed him documents," the filing said. "Lindell believed that the brushwood was either related to the Colorado proceedings oregon a maneuver by the media personnel, who were intimately pursuing the assemblage trial. Lindell does not cognize what happened to the documents, which Lindell ne'er work due to the fact that helium was successful the midst of the proceedings and helium instantly returned to the courtroom and continued to absorption connected those proceedings."

Coomer, whom Lindell labeled a "traitor" and a "criminal," testified that decease threats "upended" his beingness and derailed his career.

At the extremity of the call, Law&Crime asked Lindell to besides nonstop a written effect to our questions. Although helium reluctantly agreed to bash truthful during the conversation, helium yet did not nonstop the response. Nor did helium nonstop america a "weaponization" timeline of events.

The FedEx lawsuit docket showed galore exhibits, however, that acceptable the statement of what helium spoke about: an Arctic Frost "Q&A" with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and records compiled by Senate Judiciary staffers showing that MyPillow, Inc.'s slope was subpoenaed, on with a who's who successful the Stop the Steal beingness and Trumpworld.

The exhibits besides included quality articles astir Walmart "canceling" MyPillow and Fox News dropping Lindell's commercials.