My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell reacts during a radio show hosted by Steve Bannon during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, M.D., U.S., March 2, 2023.
Sarah Silbiger | Reuters
Prominent Donald Trump supporter and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell repeatedly lost his temper, left the room and swore at opposing counsel during a series of depositions earlier this year, according to newly released videos and transcripts.
The extraordinary interviews were conducted as part of a defamation lawsuit brought by Dr. Eric Coomer, former director of product strategy and security at Dominion Voting Systems, who has accused Lindell of repeatedly defaming him in public and online following Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential race.
“Don’t sit and scold me already, mister. I’ll do whatever I have to do,” Lindell said at the start of a March 8 deposition, addressing Coomer’s attorney. “You’re just a lawyer. You’re an ambulance chasing lawyer, so don’t start with me. I got all day. I’ll take as much time as you want, so let’s go. You’re not my boss. You’re just a lawyer, a frivolous lawyer. So go. Don’t start scolding me.”
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The videos and transcripts only came to light because attorneys for Coomer said they have tried to depose Lindell three times, and each time he was “vulgar, threatening, loud, disrespectful to Dr. Coomer’s counsel and the Court, evasive, and largely non-responsive to questioning,” they wrote in August.
CNBC reached out to Lindell for a response, and he called the lawsuit “frivolous” and “a disgrace to our country.”
Coomer’s original suit claims that Lindell accused him of being “a traitor to the United States,” based on a false conspiracy that the former Dominion employee was involved with rigging votes in the 2020 election.
“[Lindell] has claimed, without evidence, that Dr. Coomer committed treason and that he should turn himself into the authorities,” the original…
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