Why I Joined Mike Lindell s Legal Team – WSJ

In my view as a lifelong civil libertarian, the Justice Department went too far in seeking a search warrant against Mr. Trump s property at Mar-a-Largo. It could have asked the court to enforce the subpoena it issued and taken other less intrusive measures. It was also wrong in opposing a special master and demanding that the department s own lawyers be the only ones to determine whether privileged material was seized.

I also believe the department exceeded its constitutional authority by seeking and executing a search warrant against Mr. Lindell s telephone, which gives investigators access to his computer files and other private and business data. The Framers of the Constitution abhorred the British practice of issuing general warrants, which empowered the government to search entire homes and businesses. The seizure and search of a cellphone in today s connected world is more of a general search than rummaging through a home. Your entire life is stored on electronic devices.

Although the warrant in the Lindell case specified files that could be searched, it didn t specify a protocol for separating the searchable from the private and privileged, thus leaving it to the discretion of Justice Department officials to make these constitutionally critical determinations. This is why we seek judicial relief, including the appointment of a special master and an injunction against Justice Department lawyers now combing through Mr. Lindell s files. We are also trying to unseal the affidavit that accompanied the warrant request and to learn whether the FBI found Mr. Lindell at a Hardee s restaurant in Mankato, Minn., via electronic surveillance performed without a warrant.

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Uncle Alan.

I welcome Prof. Dershowitz’s support on this civil libertarian issue and that’s all I’m going to say.