The Justice Department (DOJ) is investigating MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in excess of potential identity theft and destruction to a safeguarded personal computer in relationship with a breach of a Colorado county’s voting technique.
The FBI seized Lindell’s cell phone final week while he was waiting at a push-thru in Minnesota — a move that the Trump ally is contesting in court docket.
The warrant for the lookup, which was submitted by Lindell’s team on Wednesday as aspect of his lawsuit to the United States District Court docket in Minnesota, showed that the DOJ is investigating Lindell for identification theft, intentional injury to a shielded personal computer and conspiracy to commit id theft or intentionally injury a guarded laptop or computer.
The warrant was permitted by U.S. Magistrate Judge Tony Leung on Sept. 7, in accordance to doc. Law enforcement were expected to execute the lookup warrant before Wednesday, Sept. 21.
The magistrate permitted the search and seizure warrant on the foundation of possible lead to that Lindell may have violated federal legislation.
Agents searched for documents or information and facts linked to Mesa County election clerk Tina Peters’s alleged scheme to breach voting machines throughout the 2020 election.
Peters was indicted on condition criminal charges in March.
Officers first became conscious of the breach immediately after passwords and hard travel copies from Mesa County voting devices were being introduced at an event hosted by Lindell.
Lindell, who has commonly produced unsubstantiated promises that the 2020 election was stolen, is at the moment facing defamation lawsuits from two election technologies companies, Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Units Inc., above his statements of election fraud.