NEW: Ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman, who helped advise on efforts to overturn the election, says the FBI seized his phone
calling the FBI's action unlawful. The filing seeks to have the DOJ return the phone and destroy copies of anything that was retrieved from it.
The lawsuit claims the FBI carried out the seizure on the behalf of the DOJ's Inspector General's office. Eastman says that office overstepped its authority because he does not work for the DOJ.Federal agents served Eastman with a warrant while he was eating at a New Mexico restaurant with friends, according to the filing. Eastman's attorney said the agents "forced" him to unlock his iPhone with his biometric data, and used that to access his email accounts.
In a hearing earlier this month, the Jan. 6 select committee revealed that Eastman sought a presidential pardon in the aftermath of the riot. "launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history" and the plan was "a coup in search of a legal theory,"
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