WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE - Federal agents seized the phone of former U.S. President Donald Trump's election attorney John Eastman, according to a court filing by the lawyer
Eastman disclosed the search and seizure in a lawsuit he filed in federal court in New Mexico. In the lawsuit, Eastman asked a federal judge to tell the Justice Department to return his property, destroy records it had obtained and block investigators from being allowed to access the phone.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"On the evening of June 22, 2022, federal agents served a search on movant while movant was exiting a restaurant," the filing said.
Eastman in particular has been under intense scrutiny in relation to the probes into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters after the former president falsely claimed that he had won the 2020 election.Eastman spoke at the Jan. 6, 2021 rally where Trump gave a fiery speech alleging election fraud and urging supporters to march on the Capitol.
Eastman also wrote a memo outlining how, in his view, then-Vice President Mike Pence could thwart formal congressional certification of Trump's re-election loss. Pence ultimately declined to follow Eastman's advice. The House of Representatives Jan. 6 select committee has held five hearings on last year's deadly attack and will hold a sixth one on Tuesday.Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Tim Ahmann; Editing by Sandra Maler
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