One week after the FBI seized the election denier's phone as part of an investigation into a breach of election equipment in Colorado, a judge denied his request to stop federal agents from searching through his cell phone.
The phone was seized by the FBI last week.
District Court Judge Eric Tostrud denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented the FBI from taking any action with the cell phone until a hearing could be held.
One day after he sued the FBI to get his phone back, the decision was made.
The search warrant used to take his phone doesn't say if he's a target of the federal investigation.
The subject of an investigation into a breach of voting systems in Mesa County, Colorado, is the man who has spread false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. Mesa County election clerk Tina Peters, who was indicted on 10 counts by state prosecutors for tampering with voting machines, is listed on a federal search warrant. The voting machines "flipped" votes from Trump to Biden, according to the false claims made by the man.
Two companies that make voting equipment, Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, have sued Lindell and his company for defamation after he claimed that their machines were used to rig the 2020 election. The judge denied the motion for dismissal of the Smartmatic lawsuit. Smartmatic claimed that Lindell caused the fires of xenophobia and party-divide so that he could sell his pillows.
There is a reason why the FBI is investigating my Pillow CEO.
The FBI was sued for taking his phone at a fast food drive-through.
The lawsuit against Mike Lindell will move forward now that the court has allowed it.
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