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As part of his federal investigation into Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election, Smith sought former President‘s communications from the platform, then known as Twitter, using a search warrant. However, the warrant was served with a “nondisclosure order” that blocked the Big Tech company from notifying Trump about its existence.
Both the federal district court in Washington, D.C., and the federal appeals court held that the warrant was justified by“The district court found that there were ‘reasonable grounds to believe’ that disclosing the warrant to former President Trump ‘would seriously jeopardize the ongoing investigation’ by giving him ‘an opportunity to destroy evidence, change patterns of behavior,'” according to part of the decision by the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The special counsel was already dealt a blow on July 1 when the justices ruled in a separate decision that former presidents are entitled to some levels of immunity from prosecution. Smith is now attempting to push the case again through the federal district court in hopes of bringing it to trial if Trump loses the 2024 election.
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