Filing: Twitter was fined $350K for not giving Trump's account data after special counsel Jack Smith got a warrant in January 2023; Twitter ultimately complied
Remember when Donald Trump tweeted? Of course you do! James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : X Corp. hit with fine for not turning over data on Donald Trump Ryan Ozawa / Decrypt : Did Special Counsel Jack Smith Get Donald Trump's Twitter DMs? Jan Wolfe / Wall Street Journal : Special Counsel Got Search Warrant for Trump Twitter Account, Court Reveals NBC News : Special counsel executed a search warrant of Trump's Twitter account in 2020 election probe Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica : Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay Alan Feuer / New York Times : Special Counsel Obtained Search Warrant for Trump's Twitter Account Michael Grullon / Watcher Guru : X Fined $350,000 For Not Allowing Access to Trump Records Peter Suciu / Forbes : Forget The Nixon Tapes—What Does The Special Counsel Expect From Trump's Twitter Account Rachel Weiner / Washington Post : Twitter was fined $350,000 for failing to turn over Trump's data Karissa Bell / Engadget : Twitter fined for belatedly complying with search warrant for Donald Trump's account Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch : Special counsel secured a secret search warrant for Trump's Twitter account Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press : Elon Musk's Twitter was fined $350,000 for snubbing the special counsel investigating Donald Trump Nikkimccannramirez / Rolling Stone : Elon Musk and Jack Smith Went to War Over Trump's Twitter Jaclyn Diaz / NPR : Special counsel Jack Smith got a secret search warrant for Trump's Twitter account Makena Kelly / The Verge : Twitter fined $350K for taking too long to hand over January 6th data Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press : Special counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump's account, documents say Sareen Habeshian / Axios : Special counsel served Twitter search warrant for Trump account Mastodon: Heidi Li Feldman / @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social : Just read the DC Circuit's opinion upholding lower court determination that X, formerly known as you-know-who, was in contempt of a search warrant when X delayed turning over materials related to Trump's account. The opinion is technical in places. … Teri Kanefield / @Teri_Kanefield@law … : A few comments about the warrant to search Trump's Twitter account. — A search warrant requires probable cause to believe the search will turn up evidence of a crime. — I would assume that the evidence was in the DMs. — https://www.cnn.com/... X: Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Now this is interesting. May also be one of the reasons he hasn't started using the account again. Pete Strzok / @petestrzok : Twitter fined $350k for judicial non-compliance on Trump-related search warrant. But no fines needed to restrict content upon request by foreign authoritarian regimes. “Gotta respect local laws” - just not those of the U.S. Gift link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image] Roger Sollenberger / @sollenbergerrc : Twitter challenged Jack Smith's warrant for Trump's account because Twitter (Elon Musk, decision maker) wanted to notify Trump [image] Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins : The special counsel investigating Trump secured a search warrant for his Twitter account in Jan. 2023, according to a new court filing. Twitter was barred from telling Trump about it & the company was fined $350k because it delayed producing the records. (But ultimately did.) Zoe Tillman / @zoetillman : NEW: Twitter was fined $350,000 for missing a deadline to comply with a search warrant for records related to Donald Trump's account, per newly unsealed opinion. DC Circuit affirmed sanction + rejected Twitter's opposition to a nondisclosure order. More tk https://assets.bwbx.io/... [image] @acyn : “There's also a footnote about how there was a discussion of whether Trump might flee from prosecution if he knew the search was being discussed... That was something that the judge had to look at. Would Trump flee” “Because they wanted to look at his Twitter? Ok” [video] Jose Pagliery / @jose_pagliery : Elon Musk left Twitter in such disarray last year, that DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith couldn't even get a subpoena through for his Trump investigation. There is a shocking amount of incompetence on display here—now that it's no longer happening in secret. [image] Kyle Cheney / @kyledcheney : NEWS: Special counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for Donald Trump's Twitter account in January. A delay in compliance by the company prompted a federal judge to hold Twitter in contempt and fine the company $350,000. 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