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   Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD (ashleygjovik@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 02:45:52 JST Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD

   I was noticing many weird, histrionic posts from the Apple blogs about an ex-employee being convicted of a federal crime - but always smearing the employee about worrying about Apple spying on him. Many posts also called it a "short trial." I got curious.

   PACER showed a 21 month long trial, across two states, with over 180 docket entries. Motions to suppress evidence exposed the FBI illegally spied on the employee, illegally searched his property, & illegally arrested him -at referral of Apple.

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     Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD (ashleygjovik@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 02:45:51 JST Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD

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     The employee was attempting to report alleged misconduct by Apple & claimed he had evidence

     In June 2022, FBI tracked the employee (via illegal surveillance) to Alabama, & sent a Marshal to arrest him

     FBI then got an illegal search warrant for employee's Tesla where they seized "over 21 electronic devices, including laptops, smart watches, thumb drives, & external hard drives."

     Despite the illegal seizure, the FBI refused to return the devices for over 15 months or say what they did with them

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     Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD (ashleygjovik@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 02:45:52 JST Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD

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     The federal criminal case is on PACER at U.S. District Court, California Northern District (San Jose), Case No. 5:22-cr-00251-EJD-1 (2022-2024)

     The 2022 Alabama case was: Northern District of Alabama, Southern , 2:22−mj−00246−JHE−1

     The 2021 Santa Clara County TRO is # 21CH010481 (Apple) & 2021 Santa Cruz County TRO is # 21CV03020 (PD)

     I uploaded many of the filings in a public Google Drive here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iPmChq0141STAb_44t5lRtXGGARievfa

     I posted a Bird Site thread earlier here: https://twitter.com/ashleygjovik/status/1769139074152161489

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     Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD (ashleygjovik@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 02:45:52 JST Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD

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     One of the most interesting decisions in the case was on 1/25/24 when the US Judge decided in the ex-Apple employee's favor to suppress the majority of the SF FBI/DOJ's evidence against him due to an 1) Illegal de facto arrest 2) illegal searches of property due to illegal arrest 3) illegal warrantless surveillance of the employee's AT&T data, 4) illegal warrantless surveillance of the employee's Tesla data 5) additional illegal searches based on the prior acts.

     https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-broderick-12

     Børge repeated this.