A federal judge vacated on Tuesday a scheduled hearing over a Trump attorney’s seized cellphone, despite the latter arguing that a search warrant may not actually exist.
John Eastman, one of the lawyers who had advised former President Donald Trump on alleged election issues during the 2020 presidential campaign and was therefore targeted by the Jan. 6 committee, said in June that the FBI seized his cellphone using what he claimed to be an “unlawful” search warrant. He later filed a motion in the U.S. District Court in New Mexico asking for the seized belongings to be returned. A hearing was set for next week.
