Insane conspiracy monger and election denier Mein Pillow's Mike Lindell was formally notified that the last lawyer defending him in his "Prove Me Wrong Challenge" case has resigned. The case concerns a $5 million bet that Lindell offered if anyone could prove his asinine theory that the election interference in 2020. Robert Zeidman (apparently a Trump supporter himself) won the bet, and the Mein Pillow guy welched and was taken to court. From lawandcrime.com:
"Minnesota pillow magnate Mike Lindell has lost his final lawyer in a civil lawsuit over a disastrous challenge in which he failed to prove electoral interference and is now on the hook for over $5 million.
In 2021, the outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump issued the “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge at a South Dakota election fraud symposium — showcasing data purportedly proving the People’s Republic of China had interfered with the 2020 U.S. election.
Engineer Robert Zeidman — himself a Trump supporter — picked up the poly-foam gauntlet thrown down by the onetime QVC star. Despite highly doubting his own abilities, Zeidman won the contest. [snip]
'Counsel for Respondent has notified the Court by email that he can no longer serve as lead counsel for Respondent,' Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster wrote in a terse June 4 order.
That order also reset a previously scuttled hearing in the case for late July. That hearing had originally been scheduled for late May. It was canceled the day before it was set to be held because none of Lindell’s attorneys would be able to attend."
Much as he (and we) would like, he can't be his own lawyer, since a a business entity cannot represent itself, according to the magistrate judge in the case. The dumbass has had legal representation before, but failed to pay those lawyers and they bailed on him. Also, his lawyers know Lindell's a headcase, and were likely worried that if the case went to further appeals, they'd have to file specious motions which could result in a reprimand at the least. When your crazy mouth is constantly getting you sued, you might want to shut it occasionally.
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