Donald Trump's controversial Twitter account @realDonaldTrump is going to be part of the investigation against him. The special counsel investigating Trump obtained a search order to search his Twitter for evidence about the search of the Capitol Riots, newly unsealed court filings reveal. The “data and records related” to Trump's account were the subject of the search warrant special counsel Jack Smith acquired; and finally, the platform was permitted to disclose some information about the search warrant to the former president. The issue of whether Trump should be informed about the search warrant was contested for months by Twitter and the office of special counsel Jack Smith. It's been revealed that Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for Trump's Twitter account back in January.

Source: Washington Post August 13, 2023 16:09 UTC