“Breaking News: Mike Lindell, ‘THE Pillow Guy,’ Just Got Raid by the FBI. We now officially live in an armed police state, rigged elections and all,” the twice-impeached former president wrote. He went on to state, “Our country is the laughing stock of the whole world. The greatness of the United States is gone. This can’t happen. TAKE AMERICA BACK!” Trump’s borderline hysterical reaction to the news appeared to mirror that of Lindell himself, who claimed on Facebook that he had been “surrounded” by FBI agents who took away his livelihood by confiscating his phone. The phone was allegedly seized in connection with a 2021 voting machine hack in Mesa County, Colorado, allegedly by Tina Peters, the county clerk who now faces felony charges for the alleged tampering. Peters is accused of leaking sensitive voting data that was then presented at Lindell’s August 2021 Cyber Symposium, which she also attended. The FBI’s Denver field office confirmed that its agents had executed a search warrant at the location where Lindell said the raid took place, but did not elaborate.
