Overview
- Lindell’s CPAC interview with O’Keefe Media Group, which was disrupted Thursday in Grapevine, Texas, shows a woman say “You’ve been served” as he repeats “We’re on TV” and then tosses the papers.
- News outlets say the footage is real but the papers’ contents and whether the service was valid remain unverified, and Lindell has not publicly explained the encounter.
- A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Lindell’s bid to undo a defamation verdict over his 2020 election claims about former Dominion employee Eric Coomer, finding Lindell and his platform FrankSpeech liable.
- In many states, process servers do not need a target to accept papers by hand for service to count, which is why some servers deliver documents in public settings where video can verify the exchange.
- Lindell is seeking the Republican nomination for Minnesota governor in 2026, and the episode adds scrutiny to a campaign that faces an August 11 primary and ongoing court fights tied to his election-fraud allegations.