Mike Lindell pleads as he's served legal papers live on air at CPAC: 'Please, we're on TV'
Donald Trump ally Mike Lindell found himself floundering live on air after being served with a summons.
The MyPillow CEO made an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where O’Keefe Media Group’s Michael Casey interviewed him. During the interview, Lindell was approached by a process server who attempted to hand him court documents, The Daily Beast reported.
The woman who approached Casey and Lindell can be heard saying, "Hi, sorry to interrupt. I have this for you. You’ve been served." A visibly flustered Lindell replied, "Please. We’re on TV. Please, we’re on TV, please. OK, we’re on TV. We’re on TV. Please. OK, we’re on TV.”
Casey replied, "What are you serving him with?" Lindell was eventually handed the papers, with Casey later defending him in a post to X. He wrote, "Deranged leftist interrupts my interview with Mike Lindell trying to 'serve' him court papers."
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols held MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in civil contempt of court after he claimed an "inability to pay" voting machine company Smartmatic sanctions over frivolous claims about the 2020 presidential election.
In February, Smartmatic asked Nichols to sanction Lindell after he declined to pay $56,639 for over a year, despite the judge ordering him to.
"His filing represents the latest iteration of a delay tactic spanning nearly five years. This is not an inability to pay. It is a calculated refusal to pay. Only the threat of contempt will move him to comply," Smartmatic told the judge at the time.
Smartmatic's attorneys argued, "Only the threat of contempt will move him to comply." It is not immediately clear if Lindell will face further sanctions.