Twitter turned over at least 32 direct messages from the former President Donald Trump’s account to special counsel Jack Smith earlier this year as part of the federal election subversion investigation, according to newly unsealed court filings.
The detail of what prosecutors obtained with a search warrant issued to the social media platform was revealed in a brief submitted under seal in May to the US Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, DC.
Twitter – now known as “X” – was appealing a judge’s ruling that sanctioned the company for its delay in turning over the records from Trump’s account.
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