CNN —The special counsel investigation into Donald Trump secured a search warrant of the former president’s Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump, according to a newly unsealed court filing.
The search was so secret that Twitter was initially barred from telling Trump the search warrant had been obtained for his account, and the company, now known as “X,” was fined $350,000 because it delayed producing the records sought under the search warrant.
The search warrant special counsel Jack Smith obtained sought “data and records related” to Trump’s account, and ultimately, the platform was allowed to share some information about the search warrant with the former president.
It said that Smith’s office had “difficulties” when it first attempted to serve Twitter with the search warrant and nondisclosure order.
The next week, however, prosecutors contacted Twitter’s lawyer to check on the status of their compliance with the search warrant.
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