It turned out that a search warrant was issued for former US President Donald Trump’s account on the X platform, formerly called Twitter, and X was fined 350 thousand dollars for not fulfilling the request on time.
According to court documents released today, “at the request of the office of former Attorney General Jack Smith, who was appointed as the special expert on the investigations against Trump, to provide the state with information regarding Trump’s account on X in January 2023 in connection with the January 6 Congressional raid investigation”. order” was issued.
The court also obtained a confidentiality order prohibiting X from disclosing the existence and content of the search warrant to anyone, including Trump.
Although X ultimately complied with the order, he was fined $350,000 for providing the requested information three days late.
REACTION FROM TRUMP
Trump reacted to President Joe Biden and the Justice Department in a statement on his own social media platform, TruthSocial.
“I just found out that rogue Joe Biden hacked my Justice Department Twitter account.” Trump called it an attack on his civil rights.
Trump tweeted, “My political opponent is going crazy trying to damage my presidential campaign. Nothing like this has happened before. Does the First Amendment to the Constitution (which includes the right to freedom of speech) still exist? Unstable Jack Smith told the unelected to destroy and delete all evidence. Are they? These are America’s dark days.” made statements.
Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was suspended following the events of the January 6, 2021 Congressional raid, and was reopened after the platform was purchased by Elon Musk. However, Trump has not shared anything on the platform since January 8, 2021.
On August 1, 2023, Trump was charged with 4 allegations of attempting to change the results of the 2020 presidential election in his favor. The indictment referred to Trump’s social media posts in the process leading up to the January 6, 2021 congressional raid. (AA)