Lindell Drops Lawsuit Against FBI To Get Phone Back

Law & Crime reports:

Weeks after the seemingly never-ending quest to get his seized cellphone back from the feds suffered a mortal wound at the U.S. Supreme Court, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has finally agreed to dismiss the lawsuit he filed against FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

As Law&Crime has reported from the start, Lindell’s phone was seized pursuant to an identity theft, intentional damage to a protected computer, and conspiracy warrant. The government revealed in court filings that Lindell, indicted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, and others were “subjects” (rather than “targets”) of the federal probe.

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As you may recall, FBI agents swooped in to seize Lindell’s phone while he was waiting in a Hardee’s drive-through.

MyPillow CEO finally surrenders in lawsuit against FBI director and Merrick Garland over Hardee’s drive-thru seizure of his cellphone https://t.co/2Oz5MRZLUI

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