MINNEAPOLIS >> MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell plans to take the stand during his federal defamation trial that kicked off this week in Colorado.

The financially struggling Minnesota-based pillow-maker and its outspoken founder could face millions in damages if Lindell is held liable for “numerous false statements, defamatory interviews and other dishonest content,” as the lawsuit alleged.

The suit is the first of three defamation cases against Lindell to reach trial. It’s been more than four years since the MyPillow pitchman launched his campaign against voting-machine companies on unproven claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

A jury will decide whether Lindell defamed a former voting company employee, whom Lindell called “a traitor to the United States” and a “criminal.”

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