• A federal judge held Twitter

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 9 15:11:06 2023
    Fox News
    Twitter served with warrant for Trump's account in January, fined
    $350K for delay: court filing
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    A federal judge held Twitter, now known as X, 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. A redacted version of that
    opinion was released by the court Wednesday, bringing the previously
    unreported legal battle into the light.
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    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.
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    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.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twitter-served-warrant-trumps-account-january-fined-350k-delay-court-filing
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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Aug 9 20:59:18 2023
    On Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:11:06 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Twitter served with warrant for Trump's account in January, fined
    $350K for delay: court filing


    Under Elon Musk, Twitter complies with demands from dictators and
    oligarchs, but fights a court order prohibiting disclosure of a lawful
    search warrant on First Amendment grounds, presumably because Trump
    was involved.




    MORE: Twitter wanted to disclose Jack Smith's search warrant to Donald
    Trump. A judge said no because disclosure could jeopardize the ongoing investigation. But Twitter still resisted turning over documents for
    another week, resulting in daily fines.

    https://politico.com/news/2023/08/09/special-counsel-obtained-search-warrant-for-donald-trumps-twitter-account-00110484

    https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1689331636771471361

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