'Knew his representations were false': Fed-up FedEx's court demand could mean sleepless nights ahead for Mike Lindell, as financial threats stack up

FedEx asked a national justice Tuesday to unit MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to wage much than $2 cardinal successful damages successful a lingering shipping debts dispute, claiming it has not received a dime.

Law&Crime reported successful March 2025 that FedEx filed a national suit against MyPillow and Lindell successful Tennessee, wherever the transportation work is headquartered. At the time, the suit sought astir $9 cardinal successful unpaid debts, erstwhile other stiffed shipping companies had already aired grievances.

As it turns out, that Tennessee lawsuit ran its people rapidly — by default — owed to Lindell and MyPillow's nonresponse. Just 5 months aft the suit was brought, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee entered a default judgement successful FedEx's favor, uncovering MyPillow liable for $8,809,056.31 and Lindell for $2,677,933.31 successful compensatory damages, positive costs and postjudgment involvement astatine "4.08% yearly," the tribunal docket shows.

From there, the question became astir collection, besides beforehand and halfway of Smartmatic's ongoing and yearlong quest to get Lindell to wage sanctions for "frivolous" claims successful court. To that end, FedEx archetypal filed tribunal documents successful New York authorities tribunal successful October seeking summary judgement connected the "foreign" Tennessee default judgment, this clip successful a jurisdiction wherever Lindell "regularly conducts business."

Lindell responded successful December by removing the suit to national court, but FedEx has lone redoubled its efforts since.

As before, FedEx alleged Tuesday that Lindell made false promises that helium would wage the indebtedness truthful helium would beryllium allowed to proceed "shipping connected credit."

"With respect to each of these representations made by Lindell, helium made them astatine a clip that helium was informed FedEx was successful the process of revoking My Pillow's recognition privileges, stopping shipments for My Pillow altogether, oregon turning implicit My Pillow's accounts to indebtedness collectors. Thus, Lindell made representations to forestall each of these things from happening, but Lindell knew his representations were mendacious erstwhile they were made and helium specifically intended FedEx to trust connected the representations to support shipments moving done the FedEx strategy connected credit," the filing said.

Noting that FedEx "has not received immoderate magnitude owed to it" pursuing the default judgement Lindell has not appealed, the plaintiff asked U.S. District Judge John Koeltl, a Bill Clinton appointee, to contented an bid adopting the findings connected liability and damages, and to "retain jurisdiction" — forcing Lindell to wage the $2.67 million-plus sum accordingly.

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Just past month, different national justice held Lindell successful civilian contempt for refusing to wage Smartmatic $56,369 successful sanctions for much than a year. The voting instrumentality institution emphasized that Lindell had the wealth but chose not to pay, pointing retired that helium spent $187,037.87 of his Minnesota gubernatorial run funds to bargain copies of his ain publication "What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO" from MyPillow Inc. — conscionable to springiness them away.

Law&Crime reached retired to a Lindell lawyer for remark connected the FedEx matter.

Read the afloat filing here.