A Trump-appointed federal judge held Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, in contempt of court for failing to pay more than $50,000 in sanctions to the voting system company Smartmatic after bringing a “frivolous” countersuit against the company.
District Court Judge Carl Nichols, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, ordered Lindell at the end of March to pay Smartmatic $56,369 in attorney fees by April 7 – as well as an additional $500 for each day he failed to do so.