MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is suing the FBI and the Department of Justice over the seizure of his phone while he was at a Hardee’s drive-through in Mankato, Minnesota earlier this month.
In a lawsuit (pdf) filed in a federal court in Minnesota, lawyers for Lindell claimed the seizure of his mobile device violated his First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights.
Lindell’s lawyers are asking that his phone and any data that was accessed and obtained by the cellular service provider be returned, that the FBI and DOJ be prohibited from accessing any data collected from the device, and that the department and the agency also be prohibited from releasing any information that was on his phone….