MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a staunch ally of Donald Trump’s, was spotted at the former president’s Ohio rally on Saturday using a cell phone – days after he said his own was seized by the FBI.
Lindell told DailyMail.com he’s suing the US government and the FBI to get it back and that the phone he was seen using was a replacement.
After initially ignoring shouted requests for comment, he replied to a text message from DailyMail.com asking whether his phone was returned.
‘They did not return it and I am suing the USA government and the FBI on Tuesday September 20th,’ Lindell said. He accused the FBI violated his first, fourth, fifth and sixth amendment rights.
Lindell is a full-throated supporter of Trump’s claims that the 2020 presidential race was rigged and has held events dedicated to unraveling alleged evidence of voter fraud by Dominion Voting Systems.
He told DailyMail.com that his phone was seized because the FBI was looking for more information on ‘voting machine evidence’ he shared on his website, Frank Speech.
He stated on his podcast this week that federal agents approached him while he was at a Hardee’s in Mankato, Minnesota and took his.
The businessman was spotted texting and speaking into his phone in the 2 p.m. hour, just as crowds began to pour into the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio.
MyPillow Mike Lindell seen texting on Saturday, days after he said the FBI seized his phone at a Minnesota Hardee’s
It’s not clear if Lindell, who is attending Donald Trump’s Youngstown, Ohio rally, got a new phone or is using a replacement. He did not answer DailyMail.com’s shouted request for comment
The conservative entrepreneur is currently being sued by Dominion for $1.3 billion.
He stated on his podcast that agents questioned him about the voting company, his connection to an Ohio-based election denier named Doug Frank, and Tina Peters, an Arizona election official.
In the video-taped segment, Lindell proceeded to hold up a letter from a Colorado-based federal prosecutor that indicated that they were in the midst of an ‘official criminal investigation of a suspected felony.’
It comes as Trump readies to rally in Youngstown on Saturday night, and will appear with four Congressional hopefuls – three of whom have also cast doubt on the 2020 election.
Lindell is a regular fixture at Trump’s Make America Great Again events, and always receives a warm welcome from the crowd.
The last presidential race saw Buckeye State voters choose Trump over President Joe Biden by a margin of about 8 percent.
Saturday’s rally is a test of his lingering influence in the critical battleground – joining Trump on stage will be all four of the aforementioned candidates that he’s backed, as well as pro-Trump stalwart Reps. Jim Jordan and Bill Johnson.
The former president’s support helped conservative JD Vance clinch the GOP Senate primary despite a crowded race full of MAGA hopefuls.
Vance, an author and venture capitalist, is facing Democratic House Rep. Tim Ryan in November to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Rob Portman.
Trump supporters had been waiting since Saturday morning to see the former president at Youngstown’s Covelli Centre
The line stretches back blocks from the venue. Trump is in Ohio to campaign for Senate candidate JD Vance and people he’s endorsed for the House of Representatives
The conservative businessman is a regular fixture at Trump’s campaign rallies and always received a warm welcome from crowds
As an added jab at the left-wing populist, Saturday’s rally is in Ryan’s current Congressional district.
Vance and Ryan are currently locked in a close race. A Friday poll from Emerson College Polling/The Hill the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author leading Ryan by four percent.
Trump’s pick for Ohio’s 7th Congressional District is his former White House aide Max Miller, whose wedding the ex-president officiated at his Bedminster golf course in August.
He’s also supporting conservative commentator and former Miss Ohio Madison Gesiotto Gilbert in the 13th Congressional District.
Also at Saturday night’s rally is Air Force veteran J.R. Majewski, who is vying to unseat vulnerable Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the 9th district. Majewski was present on the US Capitol grounds when a mob of Trump supporters overwhelmed law enforcement and stormed the building.
Notably absent is Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, whom Trump only recently endorsed despite the Republican leader disputing Trump’s claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.
Last year DeWine also defended Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez for his vote to impeach Trump over the Capitol riot. ‘He made that call. That was his decision. I think he’s been a good member of Congress. He should not resign,’ DeWine said.
DeWine told the Youngstown Vindicator on Friday that he was missing the rally to watch his granddaughters participate in an evening cross country race event going on at the same time.
He told the outlet it was a ‘special night’ for the family.
‘They’re running under the lights, which is kind of unusual for cross country,’ DeWine said.