MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell took the witness stand in his defamation trial—and quickly threw the courtroom into confusion by repeatedly mispronouncing the very word at the center of the case.
Instead of saying “defamation,” Lindell kept calling it “deflamation,” leaving attorneys and observers puzzled.
“Lindell pronounces defamation as ‘deflamation,’ causing the Plaintiff’s counsel to ask Lindell to confirm they are talking about the same thing,” reported Kyle Clark of 9 News on X.
Lindell is being sued by former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer for spreading conspiracy theories that falsely linked him to election fraud. The lawsuit is a major moment in the fallout from the 2020 election lies Lindell helped push.
On the stand, Lindell was questioned about calling Coomer “treasonous” and “disgusting.” He tried to backpedal, blaming his outbursts on frustration with being shut out by conservative media outlet Newsmax.
But then he doubled down.
“Minutes later from the stand, Lindell likens Coomer to ‘the driver of the getaway car in the biggest heist in history,’” Clark reported.
If his legal team hoped he’d tone it down during testimony, that hope evaporated fast.
As Clark put it: “If Lindell’s attorneys were hopeful he wouldn’t continue his attacks on Coomer from the stand, as Austin Powers said, that train has sailed.”
