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      They don’t understand that made lawyers are a) extremely difficult and expensive to recruit and maintain and b) a thing that not every lawyer is. When the mob gets a lawyer that will go to prison for them that’s one of their most valuable resources, much like a good fixer. Magas seem to think that those are both just aspects of being a lawyer and that legitimate lawyers will be cool with it.

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      I’m convinced the only reason trump has the suit going in Britain is that his staffer couldn’t find any American lawyers and trump was pissed. So someone realized there was more idiot lawyers over seas.

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    Honestly, getting stiffed on millions of dollars in fees is a small price to pay for agreeing to represent a shit sandwich in the first place.

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      Luckily the only people likely to hire them will now drink whatever kool-aid Mike spits out and pass over them for being treasonous, communist, socialist, atheists.

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    Imagine being so thoroughly scammed that you’re willing to spend all your amassed wealth fighting against democracy on behalf of gaslighting fascists.

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    These lawyers were happy to take a paycheck to subvert democracy.

    Seems only fair that they should have some skin in the game.

    If taking on the trash case of a broke client bankrupts the firm, that’s natural consequences.

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    “Daddy Donny doesn’t pay his lawyers and gets away with it, so why can’t I do the same?”

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    I feel like the company should’ve seen this coming a mile away. Lindell’s a crook, of course he’s not gonna pay shit lmao

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      Mike Lindell’s lawyers ask a judge to let them quit

      Court documents say the MyPillow executive owes millions of dollars to PDK LLC involving libel lawsuits filed against Lindell by Smartmatic and Dominion.

      Author: Dana Thiede
      Published: 1:45 PM CDT October 5, 2023
      Updated: 2:13 PM CDT October 5, 2023

      MINNEAPOLIS — A legal firm that has been representing Mike Lindell and his company MyPillow in multi-million dollar libel lawsuits is asking to withdraw their services due to non-payment.

      Court documents detail the requests by Andrew Parker of the firm of Parker Daniels Kibort LLC (PDK), filed in U.S. District Court, who claims to have been representing Lindell and his business since Feb. 2022 when he was sued for defamation by election tech firms Dominion and Smartmatic over claims Lindell made following Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election.

      PDK’s Parker alleges in the request to withdraw that payments for services began to slow in 2023 to more than 60 days after billing, and the payments that were received were only partially what was owed. The firm claims that no payments have been made on invoices submitted for July and August of 2023.

      Documents say PDK has made efforts to work with Lindell and MyPillow in hopes that financing could be secured to continue legal services, but on Oct. 2 the firm was allegedly informed by Lindell that “they are not able to get caught up with or make any payment on the large amount they owe in arrears nor pay for anywhere near the estimated expense of continuing to defend against the lawsuits going forward, including either the legal fees or litigation costs.”

      PDK says in its motions to withdraw that Lindell and MyPillow owe millions of dollars, and as a small litigating firm cannot afford to finance the defendant’s (Lindell’s) defense. Being forced to continue the litigation process would reportedly place PDK in serious financial risk and could “threaten the very existence” of the firm, according to the motion.

      Dominion sued Lindell and MyPillow in February of 2021 after he allegedly spread malicious and false claims about the company’s machines throwing the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden. On its website, Dominion says Lindell’s claims, which have been proven false, caused irreparable harm to the company’s reputation and threatened the safety of both employees and customers.

      Smartmatic, a multinational company that builds and implements electronic voting systems, sued Lindell for defamation in January of 2022 saying the Minnesota businessman falsely claimed that Smartmatic manipulated votes in states and jurisdictions across the United States. The company is asking a federal jury to determine damages caused by Lindell’s statements.

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    I’m just spit balling here; but I think Mr Lumpy Pillow might have been better off as a crackhead.

    See, Mike Lindell liked crack before the Lumpy Pillow Co™ but there isn’t a drug stronger than sheep-minded snowflake stupidity and the means to be loud and obnoxious with it.

    He was never in this much financial trouble, which is quite a feat, and his mental state could be argued was many times more sane as a cooked coke fiend.