Twitter gave Justice Department 32 direct messages found in Trump's account, prosecutors say
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The revelation was included in a brief the Justice Department filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that was unsealed Friday.
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Twitter turned over at least 32 direct messages from former President Donald Trump’s account – @realDonaldTrump – to special counsel Jack Smith earlier this year as part of the federal election subversion investigation, according to newly unsealed court filings.
Elon Musk’s X social-media platform, formerly known as Twitter, gave the Justice Department at least 32 of Donald Trump’s direct messages in February in response to a search warrant stemming from the government’s probe into 2020 election fraud, according to newly unsealed documents.
The revelation was included in a brief the Justice Department filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that was unsealed Friday.
A recently unsealed court document revealed that Twitter relinquished key messages from then-President Donald Trump’s account. During special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump over his alleged election subversion, Smith issued a warrant to Twitter, now known as X, to turn over all the di…
