# Twitter bans MyPillow corporate account after Mike Lindell uses it to circumvent personal Twitter ban **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095 "2021-02-03T02:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 57
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1123 "2022-04-08T14:41:07Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I am sure they’re aware that Lindell can’t pay enough to make up for their costs, but I’m sure they see that as the price for being able to credibly assert, “If you slander us, we will destroy you.” It’s an investment. But I don’t think that the delays and escalating costs are a good thing. We may take pleasure in the money that ML is losing, but it also means that Dominion will lose money, and I don’t take pleasure in that. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1124 "2022-04-08T14:49:38Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > But I don’t think that the delays and escalating costs are a good thing. No, a swift and decisive (not to mention harsh) judgement would be better. I was just trying to find a silver lining in the cloud, not denying the existence of the cloud. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1125 "2022-04-08T15:37:11Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > But I don’t think that the delays and escalating costs are a good thing. We may take pleasure in the money that ML is losing, but it also means that Dominion will lose money, and I don’t take pleasure in that. On the other hand, I feel very confident that Dominion’s actions in this regard are rigorously driven by the company’s best interests, and that they may be in a better position to judge those interests than the average internet message board poster. Yes, legal things take time, including (or perhaps especially) large-dollar civil cases. This is not new, and it is, in my opinion, better than summary judgments based on inadequate preparation, which then get overturned. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1126 "2022-04-08T19:09:28Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > If Dominion drives MyPillow guy into bankruptcy because of the lies he told, that serves as pretty significant warning to future lie-tellers. I wouldn’t bet any quatloos on that. Those people are rather dense, and don’t absorb new lessons well. They’re more likely to double-down. > [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Yes indeed, Dominion should certainly spend possibly millions that they won’t get back in order to deter future lunatics from harming other parties. That will make their financial damage all worthwhile. Driving Lindell and all his kindred souls into oblivion will be a heroic benefit to the nation’s political landscape. We should set up a multi-million-dollar GoFundMe to help the cause. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1127 "2022-04-08T19:13:33Z")
What’s to prevent Lindell from simply putting all his money into shell companies and claiming he doesn’t have any assets, as Alex Jones is allegedly doing? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1128 "2022-04-08T19:43:50Z")
Nothing really, other than the fact that failing to report them when asked in a deposition would be illgal and open him up to contempt of court charges. But that only works if you can find them. I have no doubt that Lindell is doing this. Earleir it was commented that Lindell was [selling his plane](https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenshoulberg/2021/09/02/did-my-pillows-mike-lindell-sell-his-plane-to-raise-cash/?sh=50d0fe9448b9), likely because its easier to hide money then aircraft. Alternatively he can always try declaring [fake bankruptcy](https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/02/23/that-time-mike-lindell-declared-a-fake-bankruptcy-to-avoid-a-lawsuit/) again, but I think that someone in Dominion has probably read his book and so won’t be fooled. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1129 "2022-04-09T01:35:07Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Nothing really, other than the fact that failing to report them when asked in a deposition would be illgal and open him up to contempt of court charges. Wouldn’t it be perjury, and lead to a prison sentence? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1130 "2022-04-10T09:39:18Z")
In a just world, yes, but you can see the initial problem there…. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1131 "2022-04-12T18:07:41Z")
IANAL (I just work for one) but this is the sort of information that can brought to light through the discovery process. If his financial declaration has anomalies (and the chances of that are about equal to there being a full month about once a month) then his bank records, corporate records and even his Carpenters records can be subpoenaed. The days of W.C. Fields’ secret bank accounts are long past. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1132 "2022-04-12T19:36:31Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > even his Carpenters records Don’t you bring Karen into this! Richard, sure, no problem, but leave _her_ alone. She doesn’t deserve association with Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1133 "2022-04-12T19:36:51Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > If his financial declaration has anomalies (and the chances of that are about equal to there being a full month about once a month) then his bank records, corporate records and even his Carpenters records can be subpoenaed. And any Wu-Tang records, too. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1134 "2022-04-12T21:06:55Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > And any Wu-Tang records, too. Wu-Tang is for the children. Is that what the Q-folk are always worried about? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1135 "2022-04-13T04:15:53Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > . . . (and the chances of that are about equal to there being a full month about once a month) . . . One could describe this with even greater resolution or granularity by noting that the chances are about equal to there being a full day about once a day. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1136 "2022-04-13T13:48:45Z")
[4-simultaneous 24-hour Days within a single rotation of Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Cube). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1137 "2022-04-13T20:52:26Z")
A new cult, based on The Time Pillow! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1138 "2022-04-15T20:22:29Z")
> [@digs](#): > > The Time Pillow! Earth has 4 corner Simultaneous 4 layer **TIME PILLOW** EVIL EDUCATORS block and suppress _LindellGod_. All Pillow Truth denied. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1139 "2022-04-20T01:49:45Z")
The end is nigh and nigh is Thursday. > **['It's going to shock the country!' Mike Lindell insists his final triumph...](https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-2657180484/)** > > On Tuesday, MyPillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell pushed his latest claim that he is on the brink of overturning the 2020 presidential election — and even claimed that on Thursday, "if everything goes right," he will secure a... ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1140 "2022-04-20T07:28:47Z")
I can not wait to hear the excuse when I fail to be shocked on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1141 "2022-04-20T08:53:31Z")
> [@](#): > > On Tuesday, MyPillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell pushed his latest claim that he is on the brink of overturning the 2020 presidential election — and even claimed that on Thursday, “if everything goes right,” he will secure a “preliminary injunction” against the long-settled results. **Narrator:** “Everything did not go right.” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1142 "2022-04-20T14:17:06Z")
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