CNN —

Whenever President Trump sees his ally Mike Lindell, Trump pours on the praise. A “patriot.” A “brave guy.” The “single greatest advertiser in history.”

Right now, though, Lindell is something else: A defendant.

The CEO of MyPillow, who built his business through incessant commercials and devotion to Trump, is on trial in Colorado over his tirades about the 2020 election.

Opening statements happened Tuesday morning in a case brought by Eric Coomer, a former Dominion Voting Systems executive who sued Lindell for defamation in 2022.

Coomer told CNN he was forced into hiding when bogus conspiracy theories about Dominion rigging the 2020 election against Trump led to a deluge of death threats.

He later charged in the lawsuit that Lindell and MyPillow were “among the most prolific

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