The Supreme Court has decided not to review the actions of prosecutors who concealed a warrant for former President Trump and requested information disclosure from X (Twitter)
The Supreme Court has decided not to hear a case in which prosecutors asked Twitter (then Twitter) to hand over data about Trump as part of an investigation into then-President Donald Trump's protests over the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, but asked the company not to tell Trump that they had requested the information.
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Supreme Court won't step into dispute over Jack Smith's efforts to get Trump's X information - CBS News
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Supreme Court won't take up challenge to Jack Smith's Trump Twitter data access
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4919240-supreme-court-jack-smith-trump-twitter/
The prosecutors who sought Trump's data ordered Twitter not to inform Trump that it had been disclosed to them for 180 days, saying they had 'reasonable cause to believe that the ongoing investigation would be put at significant risk.'
The prosecutors' office demanded that Twitter provide the data within 10 days of the order, but Twitter did not comply immediately due to concerns about confidentiality of communications. Instead, it provided some of the information a few days later. The court held Twitter in contempt of court for its delay and ordered it to pay a $350,000 fine.
X (formerly Twitter) fined 50 million yen for failing to comply with former President Trump's data handover request - GIGAZINE
Twitter appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, arguing that the order violated free speech and that Trump should have been given the opportunity to exercise executive privilege to challenge the investigation, but the Court rejected Twitter's appeal. Twitter appealed to the Supreme Court, which upheld the lower court's decision and rejected Twitter's argument.
Twitter's dispute with law enforcement officials took place behind closed doors for months, and the information only became public when Trump was indicted on four charges. Upon learning of the secret disclosure, Trump strongly condemned it as a 'serious attack on my civil rights.'
Twitter has already paid a $350,000 fine.
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