MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says FBI seized his cellphone
Mike Lindell, chief executive officer of MyPillow, talks to reporters before attending a rally outside the State Capitol, April 5, 2022, in downtown Denver. Lindell was banned from Twitter for a second time after attempting to use a new account ...
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By
Victor Morton - The Washington Times -
Updated: 9:19 p.m. on Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Mike Lindell, the controversial CEO of
MyPillow, said Tuesday that
his cellphone had been seized by the
FBI.
In an episode of
his show, the Lindell Report, the election skeptic said the seizure took place at a Hardee’s drive-thru while driving back to
his home in Mankato, Minnesota.
Two cars blocked
his vehicle in the pickup lane and Mr.
Lindell,
according to a clip of the show at The Post Millennial, told
his traveling buddy that “that’s either a bad guy, or it’s
FBI.”
The CEO and ally of former President Donald Trump said he asked the officers if they were going to arrest him.
They replied with, among other things, political queries about Dominion voting machines, the election in Colorado and “how long have you known Doug Frank,” referring to an election skeptic who claims President Biden’s 2020 victory was the result of cheating.
But the agents, according to Mr.
Lindell, told
him he had to turn over
his cell phone, pursuant to a warrant they had, and that
he would not be allowed to make a backup.
Mr.
Lindell said
he told the agents incredulously that “I run five companies [and] I don’t have a computer.”
“If I don’t give it to you, will you arrest me then?”
he replied.
Mr.
Lindell said
he called
his lawyer and asked whether
he could refuse the seizure but was told
he couldn’t.
While
he called the
FBI actions “disgusting” and “garbage,” according to the account
he gave, the agents at least were “pretty nice guys, none of them had an attitude.”
The seizure of Mr.
Lindell‘s cell phone comes while the agency has targeted numerous Trump allies as the midterm elections loom. The House special committee on the Jan. 6 riot also subpoenaed Mr. Lindell’s phone records in January.
