MyPillow guy now 'subject to' daily fines after contempt order fails to sway him to pay 'any' sanctions, Smartmatic alerts judge

Smartmatic alerted a national justice Wednesday that successful the 2 weeks since helium held Mike Lindell successful civilian contempt, the MyPillow CEO has not paid "any" sanctions helium owes.

The voting instrumentality company's three-page filing successful U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols' tribunal noted that connected March 24 Lindell was ordered to marque the "full payment" of $56,369 successful sanctions connected oregon earlier Tuesday, April 7 — oregon other a $500 good would travel "for each time helium remains successful noncompliance."

That deadline has travel and gone without "any" outgo astatine each for raising "frivolous" claims against the company, arsenic has been the lawsuit since January 2025, Smartmatic told the Donald Trump-appointed jurist.

"Counsel for Smartmatic met and conferred with counsel for Lindell anterior to the Court's April 7, 2026 deadline. Lindell has yet to marque immoderate outgo to Smartmatic pursuant to the authorisation order. Similarly, helium has not executed the negotiated escrow agreement," the announcement said. "Thus, Lindell is present 'subject to a civilian contempt punishment of $500 per day[.]'"

The details of Lindell's mounting fiscal woes person travel retired successful a dilatory trickle successful the Smartmatic matter.

As Law&Crime reported successful detail aft Nichols warned Lindell that "further contempt sanctions" would beryllium coming if helium didn't person a bully mentation for nonpayment, Lindell repeatedly claimed an "inability to pay" successful sealed documents connected his financials.

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Smartmatic said the hundreds of thousands of dollars contributed to Lindell's ineligible defence funds and Minnesota gubernatorial run funds — and his $14.8 cardinal successful assets — each showed that helium chose not to wage retired of "disregard for this Court's orders, alternatively than genuine fiscal hardship."

When the pillow mogul and 2020 predetermination conspiracy theorist with important civilian liabilities countered by claiming to person a "negative $18.7 million" nett worth, Smartmatic's attorneys answered that Lindell spent $187,037.87 successful run funds to bargain copies of his ain publication "What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO" from his ain institution MyPillow Inc. — conscionable to springiness the books away.

In the end, Nichols determined that Lindell had the wealth and spent it elsewhere, alternatively than paying the sanctions arsenic ordered by the tribunal — and helium has the assets.

"That Lindell prioritized spending successful different ineligible proceedings implicit this case—despite those proceedings taking spot after the Court ordered him to wage Smartmatic for filing frivolous counterclaims against it—does not excuse his nonaccomplishment to wage here," the justice stated.

On a abstracted beforehand successful national court, FedEx recently made a determination to collect millions from Lindell for failing to wage shipping debts, claiming helium made mendacious promises truthful helium would beryllium allowed to proceed "shipping connected credit."

Last summer, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee entered a default judgement successful FedEx's favour — 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" — aft the defendants did not respond.