Lindell on the Stand: Back in Court Monday for Week Two of Coomer v. Lindell

The Jury is expected to hear testimony from Mike Lindell, Brannon Howse, and Dennis Montgomery on Monday

The second week of Eric Coomer’s defamation trial against Mike Lindell, FrankSpeech, and MyPillow begins Monday in the U.S. District of Colorado.

On Monday, the jury is expected to hear testimony from Mike Lindell, Brannon Howse, and Dennis Montgomery. Montgomery’s testimony will come in through video clips from his deposition.

The Clerk of the Court announced over the weekend that they would reopen the overflow room due to anticipated interest in this specific day of trial. If you want a seat in the courtroom, get there early.

On Friday, things got weird when new evidence was introduced to show that there was an Antifa Zoom call in September 2020. I joined Jon Herold on The Daily Herold to discuss:

In that clip (and generally), I am not claiming that the call was the same call or that this new affidavit proves that Joe Oltmann’s story about Eric Coomer is true. in fact, the affidavit still disputes Oltmann’s story, as indicated in the mark up below.

Still, the so-called “Antifa call” is the central dispute of fact for Coomer’s defamation claims — and the jury is the fact finder.

Remember, the jury doesn’t have all (or any) of the years of context that the rest of us have on this story. Here in Colorado — outside the courtroom — the story we’ve always been told by local legacy media is that the call story was made up by Oltmann.

“Antifa isn’t an org, they don’t have calls, this never happened.”

There was, until Friday, zero evidence that any Antifa call happened in September 2020 except Oltmann’s testimony and hand-written notes. His notes are confirmed on multiple points by this affidavit. (Side note: As I said in the video, it’s strange to me that this affidavit wouldn’t have been disclosed in discovery in THIS case since it’s directly relevant to the claims and it was filed by the same attorneys (Coomer’s) in this case.

Bottom Line: The story and set of facts that were presented to the jury on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were disputed by the testimony and evidence presented on Friday. The jury is the finder of fact, and the facts about this call got muddier on Friday.

From what I saw, the jury was very engaged for both days of Oltmann’s testimony. It was the most engaged I’ve seen them — leaned in, attentive, taking notes. The factual landscape surrounding this call is central to their decision on liability in this case.

Monday, we finally get to hear from Mike Lindell. Side Note: Never attack the pillows.

Mike mentions FedEx in that clip and, notably, he was served in the courtroom by FedEx case on Friday. The process server asked Mike to serve him privately outside the view of the media, but I was able to confirm that it was about FedEx from a source familiar with the service. No details to report on the specific claims — Lindell’s litigation with FedEx has been going on for a while.

We will also hear from Mike’s former employee Brannon Howse on Monday, as well as Dennis Montgomery’s testimony about PCAPs and China and Hammer and Scorecard.

Another side note: With Dennis Montgomery and China coming into focus, it’s a good time to revisit Patel Patriot’s Devolution Series Part 7 where he discusses the DNI minority report on election interference from 2020. China features prominently.

Tomorrow’s gonna be a banger. Stay tuned.

I’ll be in the courtroom, and you can follow the latest trial updates (on delay per court order) on X @asheinamerica. Tune into Monday’s Culture of Change on Badlands Media for a run down of the day’s highly anticipated testimony.

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