Justice department gets warrant to search Trump lawyer’s phone
Justice department gets warrant to search Trump lawyer’s phone

Justice department gets warrant to search Trump lawyer’s phone

John Eastman spoke at a rally before the Capitol attack and claimed Mike Pence could halt certification of Biden’s election win

The US justice department said on Wednesday it had obtained a warrant to search the phone of Donald Trump’s election attorney, John Eastman, who spoke at a rally before the January 6 assault on the US Capitol.

Federal agents seized Eastman’s phone in June based on a warrant authorizing them to take the device. They needed a second warrant to search the phone’s contents.

In a filing with US district court in New Mexico, the assistant US attorney Thomas Windom said the US district court for the District of Columbia issued a search warrant on 12 July authorizing review of the phone’s contents and manual screen capture.

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