Special counsel got search warrant for Trump Twitter account

Special counsel Jack Smith obtained a hunt warrant for the Twitter relationship of Donald Trump arsenic portion of his transgression probe of the erstwhile president, an appeals court determination revealed Wednesday.

Twitter, present known arsenic X, initially delayed accumulation of the materials required by that warrant arsenic it filed a tribunal enactment seeking to artifact an bid that it not disclose the beingness of the warrant, the determination says.

The ruling by the U.S. Court Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a little tribunal judge's $350,000 contempt authorisation connected the societal media institution for failing to comply with the warrant until aft a three-day deadline.

A spokesperson for Smith declined to remark to CNBC connected the ruling. 

Spokesmen for X did not instantly respond to CNBC's requests for comment 

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