MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s request to have his mobile phone returned after it was seized by FBI agents was rejected by a federal judge in Minnesota on Nov. 3, court documents show.
Lindell’s mobile phone was seized by the agency while he was at a Hardee’s drive-through in Mankato, Minnesota, with a friend in September.
Court documents show that the device was taken as part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into alleged identity theft, intentional damage to a protected computer, and conspiracy to commit identity theft or intentionally damage a protected computer.
According to the DOJ, Lindell is among several other individuals, including Mesa County, Colorado, election clerk Tina Peters, who are part of an investigation into the alleged security breach of voting equipment in Mesa County. Peters has maintained her innocence….