- Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, is suing DOJ and the FBI for seizing his phone.
- Insider has a copy the lawsuit. Lindell is represented in it by Alan Dershowitz.
- Lindell claims that the FBI and DOJ violated Lindell’s First, Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights.
Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, is suing the FBI, Department of Justice, and the Department of Justice after his phone was taken from him outside of a Hardee’s store in Mankato. He also accuses the authorities of violating his constitutional right.
Insider received a copy from Lindell, which listed Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland as defendants.
Lindell is represented by an experienced legal team that includes conservative lawyer Alan Dershowitz. He claims that the FBI violated his rights under the “First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments.” He also demanded that his cell telephone be returned, and that any information he obtained via his phone from the FBI or DOJ be kept confidential.
The lawsuit details Lindell’s side of this incident. Lindell describes driving home with a friend at 4 a.m. September 13 after going duck hunting in Minnesota. According to the suit, Lindell’s party was in Mankato at Hardee’s when they were stopped by FBI agents.
Lindell’s team stated that the FBI had Lindell under surveillance as he hadn’t made his location at Hardee’s public.
The filing stated that Lindell started “fearing for his life and his friend’s life” when FBI officers approached their vehicle. According to the filing, Lindell had a conversation with the officers about “Dominion Voting Systems”, Tina Peters, Mesa County clerk, and Lindell’s private plane travel. The officers also took Lindell’s cell phone.
Lindell Insider, last week that the phone seizure was linked to an investigation into Mesa County Clerk Tina PetersA pro-Trump Colorado election official is accused of helping to leak election data.
Lindell was linked to Peters who was arrested in April. Accepting a private flightFrom the business owner. Insider also heard Lindell tell Insider that he was helping Peters pay his legal fees. Some funds came from his “personal money,” which was then redirected through the fundraising platform called the The. Lindell Legal Offense Fund.
Lindell’s team also claimed that MyPillow CEO was subject to “unlawful arrest” and that agencies were “unreasonable in executing the search warrant.”
Insider was informed by an official from the DOJ who was attached to Lindell’s case, that there was no comment from their office on the matter.
Lindell spoke to Insider Tuesday and said that he was suing for what he considered the “worst violation of” his rights.
“It’s horrible. “Is that what they did to your friend?” Insider was told by he.
Insider heard Lindell tell Insider that if the FBI approached Lindell at night, he would have “bashed” his way through their cars in his pickup truck.
“Because I would think they were bad men there. The way they surrounded and surrounded me was not a sign they were law enforcement.
Lindell stated that he would not mind being detained or interrogated by FBI agents.
Lindell said, “I don’t mind if I’m arrested or anything or whether they’re going to take me in.” “So that I can get word out about getting rid of the voting machine, you know that?” I would do anything to get rid of the voting machines.
Lindell is still heavily involved in pushing for former President Donald Trump’s fraudulent claims of voter fraud in 2020. He is one. Bankrolling a national effort to stop the use of electronic voting machines. A $1.3 billion lawsuit is also against him Dominion, a voting-technology company, filed a complaint against him and a Smartmatic, voting-systems firm, filed suit.
