The short tweet site “X”, formerly Twitter, revealed that 32 messages from the account of former US President Donald Trump were delivered to the court competent to hear the case of attempted “sabotage” of the election, as part of the investigation into the accusations against the former Republican president, which include fraud in the last presidential election, according to court files that were recently disclosed, and quoted by the American network (CNN).
Donald Trump's Twitter X Account - Source: The Washington Post
Twitter delivers Trump’s messages to court
Twitter, now known as X, appealed a judge’s ruling that sanctioned the company for delaying the delivery of records from Trump’s account, which amounted to a fine of about $350,000 for failing to meet the deadline for complying with the search warrant.
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— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) September 16, 2023
Prosecutors said in an official memorandum that the materials provided by the social media site to the court contained 32 items of direct messages, which is a small number of the total messages requested.
In August, federal prosecutors revealed that they had access to private records associated with the account, as Trump tried to manipulate the results of the 2020 US presidential election, trying to promote false allegations of mass fraud and urging government officials to block certification of the results.
But investigators have gained access to private records associated with the account, though it is not clear how the messages affected the investigation.
Details of what the plaintiffs obtained were disclosed through a search warrant issued to the social media platform X, where all content, records and other information related to correspondence sent from or received by Trump’s account from October 2020 to January 2021, including the content of all direct messages sent from, received from, stored in or otherwise linked to Trump’s account.
Wow. Trump just warned that “World War II” could happen “very quickly” in the near future, seemingly unaware that World War II already ended 78 years ago pic.twitter.com/1cRa5udyxQ
— Parker Butler (@parkerpbutler) September 16, 2023
The court also requested all content, records and other information related to all other interactions, between Trump’s account and other Twitter users, from October 2020 to January 2021.
Legal battle between X and the US government
Trading quickly shifted between Twitter and the US government, as it tried to remove or change the non-disclosure order, as the company confirmed that it would not meet the deadline because it did not receive enough notice to do so.
Twitter also said it was concerned that Trump might seek to assert executive privilege (as president) on parts of his account, arguments that federal prosecutors have rejected.
