Federal Judge Denies Mike Lindell's Request To Access Search Warrant Materials, Return Seized Cell Phone

By WCCO Staff, CBS Minnesota

November 4, 2022

A federal judge has denied Mike Lindell's motion to obtain a search warrant application, and the return of his cell phone, which was seized while he was sitting at the drive-thru window of a Hardee's in Mankato in September.

Lindell sued U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of the FBI Christopher Wray after agents took his phone on Sept. 13.

He alleged that agents had "no authority to detain and question [him] against his will" and that his First Amendment rights were violated because "of his efforts to inform the public about alleged fraud and alleged irregularities he believes occurred in order to bring an end to the dependence on computerized voting and tabulating machines in elections."

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