Federal prosecutors obtained a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account earlier this year for their investigation into Trump’s post-election conduct, but the site was fined $350,000 and held in contempt by a judge after it failed to turn over information on time, court documents revealed Wednesday—a week after Trump was criminally charged.
Trump's Twitter account was the subject of a search warrant obtained by Smith. (Photo by Alex ... [+]
Twitter delayed handing over the information that was requested while it “unsuccessfully litigated” an order not to disclose the warrant to Trump, according to a federal appeals court filing.
Twitter later complied with the warrant in February, but not until three days after the court-ordered deadline, leading to $350,000 in fines from a judge—a decision that was upheld by a panel of appellate court judges in a filing released Wednesday.
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