Special counsel Jack Smith’s team received a search warrant in January for files connected to former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, and issued a judgment on a $350,000 fine to the company for delaying compliance, according to court documents released Wednesday.
The main points were included in a federal appeals court ruling in Washington that rejected Twitter’s claim that the lower court’s ruling was to hold the company in contempt and impose the penalty.
The filing says Smith received a search warrant directing Twitter to produce “data and recordings” connected to Trump’s Twitter account as a confidentiality agreement prohibiting Twitter from disclosing the search warrant. to account for the evidence of the crimes of thieves. “
Smith accused Trump, in an unsealed indictment last week, of conspiring to overthrow the will of the electorate and clinging to force after squandering the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden. United and obstruction of congressional certification of Biden’s victory.
Trump says he is not to blame and has described the investigation as politically motivated. His legal team said they would argue that Trump, depending on the recommendation of lawyers around him in 2020, was entitled to challenge an election he believed rigged.
Trump’s crusade did not respond to a message seeking comment.
A spokesman for the special suggestions office declined to comment on the mandate or what exactly it was seeking. X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, sent an automatic reaction to a request for comment, indicating that it would respond soon.
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