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   Mike Lindell Reveals MyPillow Has Lost $100M as He Auctions Off Equipment   
      
    Mike Lindell has claimed the company "lost $100 million" after major   
   retailers stopped stocking its products in response to his vocal support   
   for the discredited conspiracy theory that the 2020 presidential election   
   was stolen from Donald Trump.   
      
   Due to its difficult financial situation, the company is currently selling   
   hundreds of pieces of surplus equipment on the online auction site K-Bid,   
   and subleasing manufacturing space.   
      
   Trump is continuing to insist the 2020 presidential contest was rigged   
   against him, despite the claim being repeatedly rejected in court and by   
   independent and even Republican-leaning legal experts. Special Counsel   
   Jack Smith is investigating whether Trump broke the law in his bid to   
   overturn the election, including his role in the January 6, 2021, storming   
   of Congress by Trump supporters.   
      
   Speaking to the Minnesota-based newspaper Star Tribune, Lindell said   
   MyPillow was hit with a "massive, massive cancellation" after his election   
   fraud claims.   
      
      
   "We lost $100 million from attacks by the box stores, the shopping   
   networks, the shopping channels, all of them did cancel culture on us," he   
   said.   
      
   Newsweek reached out to MyPillow and Mike Lindell via the contact form on   
   the official MyPillow website for comment.   
      
   Lindell provided financial backing for legal efforts to reverse the 2020   
   election outcome and the MyPillow logo was included on TrumpMarch.com, a   
   website promoting the January 6 rally that led to the riot at the U.S.   
   Capitol.   
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   MyPillow was later dropped by a number of major retailers, including Bed   
   Bath & Beyond and Kohl's.   
      
   In response, Lindell told Star Tribune that MyPillow had shifted its focus   
   to direct sales via television and email marketing and is subleasing some   
   of its former manufacturing space in Shakopee, Minnesota.   
      
   "We kind of needed a building and a half, but now with these moves we're   
   making, we can get it down to our one building," he said.   
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   Some 854 pieces of equipment are currently being sold by MyPillow on K-   
   Bid, ranging from vans and forklifts to sewing machines and flat boxes.   
   Lindell told the newspaper that the equipment will need to be replaced if   
   the major retailers "ever come back."   
      
   Dominion Voting Systems is suing Lindell and a number of other Trump   
   allies for $1.3 billion in response to unfounded claims that polling   
   machines produced by the company were involved in rigging the 2020   
   election. Lindell has denied any wrongdoing.   
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   In April, Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million to settle a defamation   
   lawsuit caused by Fox News hosts and guests baselessly accusing the   
   company of working to rig the election against Trump.   
      
   Responding to the verdict, Dominion attorney Justin Nelson said: "People   
   across the political spectrum can and should disagree on issues, even of   
   the most profound importance. But for our democracy to endure another 250   
   years and hopefully much longer, we must share a commitment to facts."   
      
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