The Justice Department had obtained a warrant, approved by a federal judge, to conduct the search, according to the court filing. However, Lindell claims his constitutional rights were violated, in part challenging the time it took during the search for agents to allow him to speak with his attorney. He wants to prevent the Justice Department from accessing his phone data, which he says he uses for his pillow business and other business and personal matters, such as talking to his lawyer and checking his headphones. Liddell’s challenge to the Justice Department follows other prominent Trump supporters and advisers challenging their own phone seizures in investigations related to Jan. 6, 2021, and the 2020 election. None of the people who tried to challenge the phone seizures of their phones has not successfully appealed to a court to intervene. Lindell has not been charged with any crime. Federal authorities in Colorado are investigating the hacking of a county’s election system as part of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to subpoena documents obtained by CNN. The records, recently obtained by CNN, showed the Justice Department gathering evidence related to three possible crimes in Mesa County, Colorado: identity theft, intentional damage to a protected computer and/or conspiracy to commit them. The investigation appears to be looking at potential crimes separately from the Jan. 6, 2021, federal criminal investigation into the attempted election tampering by Trump supporters in late 2020 and early 2021.
