Former Trump attorney launches lawsuit after cell phone 'unlawfully' seized by FBI in Jan 6 probe

John Eastman, who worked as an attorney for former President Donald Trump, had his cell phone seized by the FBI last week, in what his lawyers call an unlawful action. In a video of the seizure, Eastman asked to see the warrant, only to have his property seized prior to that warrant being shown.

In a lawsuit, Eastman is seeking to have the Department of Justice return his phone and to destroy copies of any information that was taken from it. Tucker Carlson, reporting on the Eastman lawsuit on Monday night, noted that former Trump aide Jeffrey Clark, too, had been raided and served a warrant by the FBI. The contents of that warrant were not revealed.

In a video of the incident, Eastman can be heard repeatedly asking the FBI agents to see a warrant as they search him and take his cell phone. In the video, Eastman is not provided a copy of the warrant until after the agents seized the device, which he notes.

On Fox News Monday night, Tucker Carlson asked Eastman if he knew what he did wrong in order "...to be treated like a dangerous criminal by your government that you pay for?"

Eastman replied, "Well, we don't know because the warrant doesn't say. It authorizes them to seize my phone and all the information contained in the phone. But there's no indication of any crime that this is connected to."

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