Twitter Fined $350,000, Failed to Comply with Trump Search Warrant
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On Aug. 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously affirmed the district court’s decision to hold Twitter in contempt and impose a $350,000 fine.
According to the opinion, Special Counsel Jack Smith—who is investigating former President Trump’s alleged attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election—obtained a search warrant in January for Trump’s Twitter account which was served along with a nondisclosure order. Twitter opposed the nondisclosure order, arguing that it violated the First Amendment as well as the Stored Communications Act, and subsequently failed to produce all requested materials by the court-ordered deadline. As a result, the district court held the company in contempt and issued a $350,000 sanction.
Judge Florence Y. Pan, writing for the court, said in the opinion, “We affirm the district court in all respects.”
You can read the opinion here or below:
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