MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell posted to his X account from inside a federal courtroom seven times during the first day of his defamation trial, which ignores strict rules in place to prevent such activity, according to a late-night court filing on Tuesday.

Lawyers for the plaintiff, ex-Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer, notified U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang about Lindell’s non-compliance, which could potentially result in sanctions against him.

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In addition, Lindell, who is facing civil claims of defamation, has been broadcasting live stream interviews and opinions on his personal television network, Lindell TV, on the front steps of the federal court building in downtown Denver.

The area is considered public property. He has walked outside to the front of the courthouse under a tarp where a media team interviews him during lunchtime. 

According to the plaintiff’s filing, Lindell told an interviewer who works for his network that the proceedings were boring.

“If I’m the jury, I’m kind of bored,” Lindell said. Coomer is “talking about the insides of the (voting) machines and stuff that we’ve never been able to see, right?”

However, “tweeting” and “real-time communication” from inside the courtroom and from the building’s hallways is strictly forbidden, pursuant to Wang’s pretrial order issued on May 20. 

In one X post, made at 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Lindell wrote that he “didn’t even know who this guy (Coomer) was until after MyPillow got attacked.”

Coomer’s attorneys suggested civil contempt sanctions or some kind of penalty could keep Lindell from breaking the rules of the court. 

On Wednesday morning, Wang reminded Lindell not to post to social media, issue public statements or give any further interviews about the trial. She said she was concerned about the effect such communications could have on witnesses and jurors.

Lindell verbally agreed to refrain from that conduct.

Later on Wednesday, Matt Crane, the executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association, testified Lindell’s unproven claims that Coomer and Dominion behaved criminally and treasonously by rigging the 2020 election “had a catastrophic effect on the elections community in Colorado.”

Coomer often worked closely with state election officials, including Crane. Their relationship was one of mutual respect, despite being on opposite sides of the political spectrum.

“The notion that one man could fix an entire national election was laughable on its face,” Crane said.

The defamation trial against Lindell will continue on Thursday.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.