Newly released court documents reveal special counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Twitter account and Twitter was fined $350,000 for delaying in compliance.
'Your World' panelists Tom Dupree and Andy McCarthy discuss former President Donald Trump's legal team weighing a change of venue motion in the Jan. 6 case and the possibility the federal trial is televised.in January, newly released court documents reveal., in contempt for delays in compliance with the warrant and fined the company $350,000. The judge's decision was upheld by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., last month in a sealed opinion.
According to court documents, Smith's warrant was served with a nondisclosure order that prohibited Twitter from notifying anyone about the existence of the warrant. Twitter challenged the nondisclosure order, but was unsuccessful. The company did not hand over the requested materials while the litigation was ongoing.
Although Twitter eventually complied with the warrant, Trump's account, @realDonaldTrump, was not turned over to Smith's investigation until three days after a court-ordered deadline, the documents state.
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