Court documents released Thursday evening as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ ongoing lawsuit against Fox News alleged that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell received a gift from network brass amid internal panic over the prospects of “alienating” the pillow maven.
But, the pillow tycoon—who remains at war with the conservative cable news channel behemoth— told The Daily Beast that he never received any gift.
In the months following the 2020 election, Lindell frequently took aim at Fox News and even went as far as to hold a pathetic protest outside of their New York City offices. As for why he was frustrated? That’s due to the Murdoch cable channel not going all-in on his most bonkers 2020-related theories surrounding voting machines; what Lindell calls “the biggest crime in history.”
Within the lawsuit, representatives for Dominion Voting Systems said that senior management at Fox News worried about angering the 2020 dead-ender who, to this day, believes that Donald Trump should be “reinstated” as president.
“Indeed, when Lindell made negative comments about Fox on Newsmax, Fox’s executives exchanged worried emails about alienating him and sent him a gift along with a handwritten note from Suzanne Scott,” the newly released court documents said. “Fox had a strong motive to welcome him on air and avoid rebutting his baseless claims.” The documents further noted that Lindell was one of their largest sponsors at the time.