The special counsels investigation into Donald Trump and the aftermath of the election sought the former presidents Twitter direct messages of which there were many federal prosecutors and lawyers for Twitter revealed in newly unsealed transcripts from February court hearings about the search warrant . The transcripts provide additional hints into what special counsel Jack Smith was looking for before a federal grand jury indicted Trump on four crimes related to his attempts to overturn the election . Those charging documents cite public tweets but no private communications . A lawyer representing Twitter now called X similarly confirmed in court that Trumps account had several private messages between users on the platform . The Justice Department successfully shielded from Trump for months the search of his accounts data with the judges blessing largely out of fear he could take steps to obstruct the investigation if he knew investigators sought that information . It argued that the ban violated the First Amendment and the Stored Communications Act . The search warrant was later amended over the course of the litigation to allow the company to withhold information about the contents of the warrant but was fined for not handing them over on time . The company did not object to handing over the records but pushed back against a nondisclosure order that banned Trump of the search for the warrant . It was later later amended to allow it to notify Trump of its existence and contents of a warrant but requiring it to withhold details about the case agent on the investigation. The order was later . The order to withhold the information. It was subsequently amended. The company was later clarified. The search of the document was later to be amended to include the contents. The case was amended to remove the information from the warrant. The investigation. It has been clarified. It is. The information that was later revised. It . was later revealed that the company. was later
Special counsel investigating Jan. 6 sought Trump’s direct messages from Twitter, court transcripts reveal
