6, 2021, to spread false statements about the election that prosecutors allege were designed to sow mistrust in the democratic process. Trump used his Twitter account in the weeks leading up to his supporters’ attack on the Capitol on Jan. In the broader case against Trump, his legal team has indicated it will argue that he was relying on the advice of lawyers in 2020 and had the right to challenge an election he believed was rigged. The judges wrote that Twitter “did not question the validity of the search warrant” but argued that the nondisclosure agreement violated its First Amendment right to communicate with Trump Twitter objected to the nondisclosure agreement, saying four days after the compliance deadline that it would not produce any of the account information, according to the ruling. The court found that disclosing the warrant could risk that Trump could jeopardize the ongoing investigation by giving him “an opportunity to destroy evidence, change patterns of behavior” or notify his allies, the filing says. The government also obtained a nondisclosure agreement that had prohibited Twitter from disclosing the search warrant, the filing says. 17 directing Twitter to produce information on Trump’s account after a court “found probable cause to search the account for evidence of criminal offenses,” according to the ruling.

Prosecutors obtained the search warrant on Jan. In a recent signal that Smith’s investigation is continuing, former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik met Monday with investigators from special counsel Smith’s team. The search warrant underscores the breadth of the investigation and the lengths Smith has gone to to obtain evidence to build his case. Possibilities include data about when and where the posts were written, their engagement and the identities of other accounts that reposted Trump’s content. It’s unclear what information Smith may have sought from Trump’s Twitter account.

He posted on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday that the Justice Department “secretly attacked” his Twitter account, and he characterized the investigation as an attempt to “infringe” on his bid to reclaim the White House in 2024. Trump, a Republican, has pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of Congress’ certification of Biden’s win.

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