FBI Seized Mike Lindell's Phone at a Hardee's Parking Lot
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Mike Lindell, the election-denying crackpot and pillow salesman, was one of a few pro-Trump conspiracy theorists to have their phones seized this week by the FBI. But his story is particularly evocative.
On an episode of his Rumble show, Lindell explained that he was driving from a hunting trip in Iowa back to Minnesota when he stopped at a Hardee's in his hometown of Mankato. He said that after ordering his food, a car pulled perpendicular to his, and another car then pinned him in. After demanding identification from the FBI agents, who he initially thought could be "bad guys," Lindell was presented with a search warrant for his phone.
Unlike some of his conspiracy-theory compatriots who have been hit by such seizures lately, Lindell was not under scrutiny for his role in the Capitol riot — at least not this time. He said the agents were instead interested in his ties with Tina Peters, the Colorado county clerk and election denier who has been accused of illegally allowing unauthorized people to access voting machines in Mesa County as part of a plot to prove that the 2020 election was stolen. (Peters, who ran an unsuccessful bid for Colorado secretary of State, has pleaded not guilty.) Lindell has said in the past that he funded Peters's efforts, and he has raised money for her legal defense.
Lindell said that the agents also asked him about his connections with Douglas Frank, another prominent election denier. And though he claimed the warrant specified that Lindell should keep quiet about its contents, he posted it on social media and read aloud from it on his show. In one section, Lindell said, agents requested "all records and information relating to damage to any Dominion computerized voting system." Lindell faces a defamation lawsuit from an employee of the company, which Lindell has claimed tampered with election results. It is not clear to what extent, if any, Lindell is a target of the FBI's probe.
Either way, it's all grist for Lindell's mini media machine. On Facebook, he called the "weaponization" of the FBI "disgusting," though on Rumble he did say that the agents who questioned him were "pretty nice guys." And in multiple interviews about the incident, Lindell struck a defiant tone. "I've been to many jails," Lindell told ABC News. "I'm not scared to go to jail. I'm trying to save my country."
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At a Hardee’s.
Couldn’t have happened to a better lunatic.
Indeed?!
I can't even say that. The worst I have done was get thrown in the drunk tank when I was young.
Have never been to or seen the inside of a jail.
I heard he then went thru the drive through and ordered a lawyer with extra cheese.
Rudi?
Yeah, the FBI needs to swarm Mike Lindell, oh he's some kind of threat! Merrick Garland needs to be impeached and the FBI needs to be dissolved, its being used to quiet and intimidate political dissent of the Democrat party.
He arguably is. Like Trump, and others, he has quite publicly gone around claiming that the 2020 election was fraudulent. People believe it and then go commit violence in response.
He promised that he had proof of this fraud, but of course, he never produces any. It doesn’t matter. The damage is done.
“It doesn’t matter. The damage is done.”
Sadly, the seeds of discontent have been planted and though only an upcoming midterm, expect the fraud allegations to proliferate.
Goose, you need to turn in all of Top Gun memorabilia.
Really??? you think the FBI gives a rat's ass about "dissent of the Democrat party"?
That's hilarious.
Exactly, and avoid any criticism of China or the CCP as that is obviously meritless taunting. Feel free to challenge the US but not China.
Obviously they give a rat's ass, since every Republican they serve a warrant on is treated like he or she is fucking John Dillinger or don't you see that on MSNBC. These people have no history whatsoever of violence and they swarm in with armed agents like their taking out Osama bin Laden to promote this bullshit narrative that they are some kind of insurrectionist.
Maybe these republicans should stop, you know, breaking the law...
“that they are some kind of insurrectionist.”
No, they are the worst kind of insurrectionist… blindly playing follow-the-leader. A leader that could give a fuck about them in his own need for adulation and self-preservation. It was obvious on 1/6 that they were leaderless, for after storming our Capitol, they were clueless as to what to do next. And thank goodness he was holed up, for had he been on site, it would have been an even more disastrous.
And now, in any attempt to divert attention from their heinous, and most unpatriotic of actions imaginable, they want to play pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey…again blindly playing a childish game seeing if they have anything, then the next thing, that comes close to the target.
yeah right....Republicans question an election its law breaking, but when democrats do it, it's democracy.
gee, that kind of destroys the crackpot theories about them taking over the government, doesn't it?
Define worst? Is that when you attempt to change electors? Is that when you question voter roles? Is that when dead people manage to rise up and vote?
Conspiring to enact an insurrection to subvert our presidential election and stop the lawful transfer of power is not mere questioning!
Write or post an article then, but pointless and transparent "reach arounds" to annoy a "family member" will likely result in "taunting" points.
All I see is standard FBI behavior, maybe you should switch channels?
A bit over the top, don't you think?
No, it means they were lathered up prior to the storming of the Capitol, but then left to their own idiotic devices; assaulting those protecting the institution, those breaking in to offices, those choosing to defecate on the premises, etc., etc…
Taking over the government was their leaders intention, but he could not count upon his idiotic sycophants to understand why they were even there.
Why don't you?
If it's illegal, then that's pretty low on the cheating scale.
No, not at all, they are always in flux.
Yes, but they were all Republicans in Pennsylvania in 2020.
So,no real plan to overthrow the government, as I said.
Excusing the inexcusable.
What was your reaction as you watched the events unfold on January 6th?
Looked like a bunch of idiots rioting to me.
I never once thought our government was in peril because of a few thousand idiots, mostly unarmed.
I didn't make the comment.
Here are the Trumpanzees "questioning voter roles:
I am so curious as to what some people read here and base their comments on.
I excused no one for anything.
Be honest.
“…mostly unarmed.”
Do go on…you have no leg to stand on.
Yes, it is a pretty well-known fact.
One must be fantasizing if they actually believed a relatively small group of people, mostly unarmed, were going to take over the country.
Actually, I have two.
Do you think thousands of violent insurgents forcing the entire United States Congress to interrupt their constitutional obligations to be herded into underground bunkers was okay?
No.
Do you think that that small group of people were actually going to be able to overthrow the government of the United States?
Are you saying someone tried to overthrow the Government?
What does "Hang Mike Pence" have to do with Mike Lindell?
What law have they broken?
And the claim that they were organized
Why are criticisms of China, the same ones that the Biden Administration makes, ever be considered taunting?
It was a reply to YOUR comment 1.3.10 which was about the Jan 6th insurrection, not Mike Lindell.
Perhaps you should look ar YOUR comment (1.3.10).
You said: "Define worst?"
SP said: "Why don't you?"
Are you trolling?
Well since the comment wasn't made to you or SP, so are you trolling? Maybe you can answer what the "worst kind of insurrectionist" is? I'll again ask what does "hang Mike Pence" have to do with "voter roles" or Mike Lindell.
You clearly don't understand commenting on social media.
If you want to talk to one person at a time, email them or ring them up in a private chat room.
I am sorry that you wasted your precious time here, again.
I see lots of comments to you but nary a one actually answers anything you asked.
Pitiful.
Let 'em bitch.
More trolling....
Okay, I'll answer again.
As I said (1.3.31):
"It was a reply to YOUR comment 1.3.10 which was about the Jan 6th insurrection, not Mike Lindell."
The "hang Mike Pence" video was about the worst insurrectionists.
Your comment was posted on this thread. I replied to it because I'm participating on this thread.
The worst kind of insurrectionist includes anyone who assaulted Capitol Police officers and/or damaged the Capitol building or its contents.
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You are, thereby, affirming your trolling status.
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Please cite any evidence that "dead people" voted for Biden.
According to the conservative Heritage Foundation 6 people voted for dead relatives. Five of them were Republicans the sixth did not list either party. Those six votes did not affect the outcome.
Few Cases of ‘Dead’ Voters in 2020 Election
Using a database maintained by the Heritage Foundation, we found only six cases of people convicted for casting ballots or attempting to cast ballots in the name of “ deceased” or “ dead ” voters in the 2020 general election. Five of them were Republicans. We could not determine the party affiliation of one voter.
Thank you for demonstrating another example of ignorant trolling.
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I miss Ann Richards. She said DuhBya was born with a silver boot in his mouth.
She was awesome.
Nice, have to go back over 20 years to find a Democrat who held a statewide office in Texas!
But keep believing!!!!
I see that 1.3.15 appears to be written in your preferred language and addresses each point. Did you miss it?
More like pathetic.
It's all you do, what's the problem?
Aw, it's so cute you think you answered him!
Thanks, I know I answered him. No need for your affirmation or approval.
Thanks
Go Bears.
Uh, sure, sure you did.
You were blessed with neither.
Question: Is it lunacy to question an election?
Is it a crime?
Remember when:
Is it lunacy to question an election?
Lol. Ten thousand times without actual proof? [Deleted]
So is that all you have? Deflection, projection, denial?
A widely acknowledged quote:
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
Repeatedly and without evidence? Absofuckinlutely!
Depends. It could possibly be a component of a crime.
If you pay any attention to my comments here, you know party doesn’t mean anything for me in deciding how I feel about an issue. You wanna say “what about” Maxine Waters? I have no problem saying she’s nuts. But that doesn’t change anything about the My Pillow nutjob.
Lunacy? After 22 months? You Betcha!
Could be if someone can make a case of racketeering or fraud out of his PAC or other donation practices. Right now he is just adding up the donations.
Ah, racketeering - that's what the thug has essentially been doing his whole life.
It depends on how the question is "phrased".
I am trying to save my country...
When will idiots like him realize it is not just 'his' or 'their' country.
I really enjoy seeing all the human wreckage among the right wing that trump is creating. too bad, ha ha ha ha ha...
Is there anything more enjoyable?
That's a good description of him and his enablers/supporters
Human wreckage
Bloody brilliant!
So he was hunting...There is a scary thought. A crackpot wandering around with a loaded weapon...
I am guessing he was on a snipe hunt...
Even a rabid raccoon deserves a more dignified end than to be put down by the likes of Mike Lindell.
That guy may be the creepiest dude in America, who in the hell wants to see what he has stored on his phone?
Haha. Is it me or does he actually look better like that...
If he keeps eating Hardee’s …
Haha. That is actually funny.
Lindell should have been committed to a mental institution years ago. This bozo is not out in left field, he's in the next county over!
Maybe a nice, my-pillow-padded room.
Now that's funny
Lousy quality overpriced pillows for a low brow low quality person!
Not the news.
F.B.I. Believes MyPillow Guy Committed Crimes Beyond Selling Shitty Pillows
Officials took custody of Mike Lindell’s phone but did not seize any of his pillows. “Nobody wanted those,” a spokesman said.
By Andy Borowitz
Oh, that’s perfect.
He's a good example of the fools who, like the Hollywood enlightened, feel the need to mix politics with business.
Dining out at Hardee's
Living the high life!
He ordered the lobster.
It turns out that most of his calls were placed to his girlfriend De De.
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