Former President Donald Trump called the United States a “Weaponized Police State” and a “laughing stock” in reaction to the FBI’s alleged seizure of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s cellphone.
Lindell, a Trump ally and supporter of the former president’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen, claimed on his podcast Tuesday that FBI agents presented him with a warrant outside a Hardee’s restaurant and seized his cellphone.
MIKE LINDELL CLAIMS FBI SEIZED HIS PHONE
“Breaking News: Mike Lindell, ‘THE Pillow Guy,’ was just raided by the FBI. We are now officially living in a Weaponized Police State, Rigged Elections, and all. Our Country is a laughing stock all over the World. The majesty of the United States is gone. Can’t let this happen. TAKE BACK AMERICA!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday.
An FBI spokesperson told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday that the agency could confirm that it was at the location that Lindell said the incident occurred “executing a search warrant authorized by a federal judge.”
The former president has railed against the FBI and the Justice Department on numerous occasions since the raid of his Mar-a-Lago estate by federal authorities.
On his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump has compared federal law enforcement in the U.S. to that of a “Third World Nation” and has called the FBI search of his home for missing presidential documents “illegal” and a “witch hunt.”
Earlier this month at a rally in Pennsylvania, the former president referred to the FBI and DOJ as “political monsters” and called President Joe Biden “an enemy of the state.”
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The DOJ reportedly issued 40 subpoenas in the past week to Trump aides related to events leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, seizing some phones in the process.
Lindell claims the agents asked him questions about Colorado and Dominion voting machines.
